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. 2019 Oct-Dec;44(4):352–356. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_78_19

Table 1.

Percentage of responses recorded for each question on the Copenhagen burnout inventory

Questions Always/to a very high degree (%) Often/to a high degree (%) Sometimes/somewhat (%) Seldom/to a low degree (%) Never/to a very low degree (%)
Personal burnout
 1. How often do you feel tired 22.33 37.33 35.00 4.67 0.67
 2. How often are you physically exhausted? 17.33 45.00 29.67 6.67 1.33
 3. How often are you emotionally exhausted? 21.00 26.33 32.67 16.00 4.00
 4. How often do you think: “I can’t take it anymore”? 6.00 16.33 39.67 22.00 16.00
 5. How often do you feel worn-out? 11.67 28.00 36.33 16.67 7.33
 6. How often do you feel weak and susceptible to illness? 5.33 22.00 35.67 29.67 7.33
Work-related burnout
 7. Do you feel worn-out at the end of a working day? 25.00 31.33 29.00 10.67 4.00
 8. Are you exhausted in the morning at the thought of another day at work? 18.33 26.00 30.33 16.67 8.67
 9. Do you feel that every working hour is tiring for you? 8.33 16.67 38.33 23.33 13.33
 10. Do you have enough energy for family and friends during leisure time? 8.00 18.67 22.67 33.33 17.33
 11. Is your work emotionally exhausting? 12.33 26.00 37.67 17.33 6.67
 12. Does your work frustrate you? 10.33 17.33 34.67 25.67 12.00
 13. Do you feel burnout because of your work? 13.67 18.67 37.67 22.00 8.00
Patient related burnout
 14. Do you feel it hard to work with patients? 4.00 13.67 42.00 23.67 16.67
 15. Does it drain your energy to work with patients? 6.33 21.33 38.67 24.33 9.33
 16. Do you find it frustrating to work with patients? 5.00 16.33 40.33 25.00 13.33
 17. Do you feel that you give more than you get back when you work with patients? 27.67 29.67 20.67 14.67 7.33
 18. Are you tired of working with patients? 1.33 16.33 33.00 26.33 23.00
 19. Do you sometimes wonder how long you will be able to continue working with patients? 3.33 19.00 25.33 27.00 25.33