Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI)
The freely available burnout instrument from Copenhagen: personal and work-related exhaustion, each a 0 to 100 score with the established threshold at 50.
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The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory was developed by Kristensen and colleagues at the Danish National Institute of Occupational Health as a freely available alternative to the licensed Maslach Burnout Inventory. It separates personal exhaustion from exhaustion that respondents explicitly attribute to their work – a distinction that is practical in workplace health management because it shows whether the strain comes from the job or from life as a whole. Each scale yields a value from 0 to 100; from 50 points the instrument speaks of burnout symptoms.
When should you use this template?
This template is a great fit for:
- As a recurring strain pulse in workplace health management
- Complementing the psychosocial risk assessment
- Before and after workload interventions to measure effectiveness
Every question in this template
- 1Consent
I understand that participation is voluntary and anonymous, and I take part. *
- 2Matrix
How often does this apply to you? *
Please think of the last few weeks.
Always Often Sometimes Seldom Never / almost never I feel tired. I feel physically exhausted. I feel emotionally exhausted. I think: “I can’t take it anymore.” I feel worn out. - 3Matrix
And how often does this apply in relation to your work? *
Always Often Sometimes Seldom Never / almost never My work is emotionally exhausting. I feel burnt out because of my work. My work frustrates me. I feel worn out at the end of the working day. I am exhausted in the morning at the thought of another day at work.
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Frequently asked questions
How is the CBI scored?
Why not the Maslach Burnout Inventory?
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