Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI)
Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI; Kristensen 2005): three independent burnout scales - personal (6 items), work-related (7 items), client-related (6 items).
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Personal - feeling tired
- The depigmented area exceeds the pigmented area
- Personal - physically exhausted
- The depigmented area exceeds the pigmented area
- Personal - emotionally exhausted
- The depigmented area exceeds the pigmented area
- Personal - cannot take any more
- The depigmented area exceeds the pigmented area
- Personal - worn out
- The depigmented area exceeds the pigmented area
- Personal - weak, prone to illness
- The depigmented area exceeds the pigmented area
- Work - emotionally exhausting
- The depigmented area exceeds the pigmented area
- Work - feeling burnt out
- The depigmented area exceeds the pigmented area
- Work - work frustrates you
- The depigmented area exceeds the pigmented area
- Work - worn out at day end
- The depigmented area exceeds the pigmented area
The other 9 values
- Work - exhausted in the morning
- The depigmented area exceeds the pigmented area
- Work - every hour tiring
- The depigmented area exceeds the pigmented area
- Work - energy left
- The depigmented area exceeds the pigmented area
- Client - hard to work with
- The depigmented and pigmented areas are equal
- Client - frustrating to work with
- The depigmented and pigmented areas are equal
- Client - drains your energy
- The depigmented and pigmented areas are equal
- Client - give more than you get
- The depigmented and pigmented areas are equal
- Client - tired of the work
- The depigmented and pigmented areas are equal
- Client - how long you can go on
- The depigmented and pigmented areas are equal
Result: CBI - personal burnout 75.0 of 100, work-related 67.9 of 100, client-related 50.0 of 100.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- Scales
- Personal burnout (6 items), work-related burnout (7 items), client-related burnout (6 items). Independent; never summed.
- Reverse
- The last work-related item asks about energy left for family and friends and is reverse scored.
- Non-responder
- A scale is not reported until at least 3 items are answered, or 4 on the work-related scale.
- Threshold
- Scores of 50 or more are widely used as the working threshold for burnout. That is common practice, not a cutoff the 2005 source publishes.
What you enter
- Personal - feeling tired
- Personal - physically exhausted
- Personal - emotionally exhausted
- Personal - cannot take any more
- Personal - worn out
- Personal - weak, prone to illness
- Work - emotionally exhausting
- Work - feeling burnt out
- Work - work frustrates you
- Work - worn out at day end
The other 9 fields
- Work - exhausted in the morning
- Work - every hour tiring
- Work - energy left (reverse)
- Client - hard to work with
- Client - frustrating to work with
- Client - drains your energy
- Client - give more than you get
- Client - tired of the work
- Client - how long you can go on
How this is calculated
- Scoring
- Each item 100/75/50/25/0 from the most to the least burnt-out answer; each scale is the average of the items answered, so 0 to 100.
Kristensen TS, Borritz M, Villadsen E, Christensen KB. The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory: a new tool for the assessment of burnout. Work and Stress. 2005;19(3):192-207. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.