Table 1.
Selected burnout inventories, scales, and psychometric profiles
| Burnout instrument | Number of prompts | Scale used | Internal consistency (Cronbach’s α) | Test–retest reliability (r) | Concurrent validity (r) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)10 | |||||
| MBI – Emotional Exhaustion | 9 | 0 – 6 | 0.80 – 0.92 | 0.65 | 0.35 – 0.55 |
| MBI – Depersonalization | 5 | 0 – 6 | 0.36 – 0.86 | 0.60 | 0.14 – 0.36 |
| MBI – Personal Accomplishment | 8 | 0 – 6 | 0.65 – 0.83 | 0.67 | 0.10 – 0.18 |
| Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI)11 | |||||
| CBI – Personal fatigue | 6 | 1 – 5 | 0.89 – 0.93 | 0.95 | 0.03 – 0.67 |
| CBI – Work fatigue | 7 | 1 – 5 | 0.84 – 0.88 | 0.83 – 0.84 | -- |
| CBI – Client–related burnout | 6 | 1 – 5 | 0.78 – 0.87 | 0.90 | 0.22 – 0.63 |
| Single–Item Burnout Measure12 | 1 | 1 – 5 | n/a | 0.79 | |
| Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI)13 | |||||
| OLBI – Exhaustion | 8 | 1 – 4 | 0.66 – 0.89 | 0.73 | -- |
| OLBI – Disengagement | 8 | 1 – 4 | 0.65 – 0.93 | 0.67 | -- |
| Shirom–Melamed Burnout Measure14 | 14 | 1 – 7 | 0.82 – 0.88 | -- | 0.35 – 0.52 |
| Professional Fulfillment Index – Overall burnout scale2 | 10 | 0 – 4 | 0.92 | 0.80 | 0.71 |
| Bergen Burnout Inventory15 | 15 | 1 – 4 | 0.83 – 0.85 | -- | -- |
| Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire – Burnout dimension16 | 6 | 1 – 5 | 0.75 – 0.85 | 0.72 – 0.82 | -- |
| Professional Quality of Life Scale17 | 30 | 1 – 5 | 0.74 – 0.80 | -- | 0.44 – 0.51 |
| SCORE – Personal burnout scale18,19 | 5 | 0 – 4 | 0.85 – 0.93 | -- | -- |
| Utrecht Burnout Scale20 | 17 | 0 – 6 | 0.84 – 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.35 – 0.58 |
Reproduced with permission from Tawfik et al. Evidence Relating Health Care Provider Burnout and Quality of Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2019; 171: 555–567. doi:10.7326/M19-1152 ©American College of Physicians.