Burnout Assessment Tool English Manual
Burnout Assessment Tool English Manual
B URNOUT
a SSESSMENT
T OOL 1
Wilmar Schaufeli
Hans De Witte
&
Steffie Desart
1 Citation: Schaufeli WB, White, H. & Desart, S. (2019). User Manual Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT). KU Leuven, Belgium: Internal report.
© 2019 Wilmar Schaufeli Hans De Witte & Steffie Desart, Belgium
All rights reserved. No part of this publication May be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
Prior to
and a clear way to explain how the BAT is constructed and used, in practice,
can become.
Index
PRIOR TO 3
INDEX 3
1. D E BAT TO FILL IN 5
1.1. Instruction 6
1.2. scoring 6
1.4. Interpretation 11
REFERENCES 17
QUESTIONNAIRES 18
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Before you use the BAT in practice, it is important to have some rules of thumb in the
keep mind.
Therefore, we always refer below to "the degree of burn-out 'rather than to' burn-
"Of course there can only and exclusively on the basis of the BAT no burnout
decrease. Whether you decrease the BAT individually or in a group, you can
This version is specifically aimed at ' Workers'. The questions refer whatsoever
to be'. Because they are absent for long periods of work, they have no or
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BAT measuring burnout symptoms and not the causes or consequences. For this
Out on the one hand and depression, enthusiasm, workaholism, and other perceptions
work on the other. Before you need to use separate questionnaires that
Measuring concepts like the 4DSQ (Terluin, 1996), Uwe (Schaufeli & Baker, 2004)
as an online tool which allows participants automatically get to see their score.
Depending on the goal you have in mind (eg. Support for diagnosis,
use in groups, etc.), it may be desirable for certain terms in the BAT (e.g.
' Burnout Assessment Tool ' or ' exhaustion) not to mention. As in the manual
Indeed, this can be described by the respondent (s) have a negative connotation
calls.
"Due to the fact that the term 'burnout' among respondents usually
evokes a negative connotation, this term is not included in the title of the
Therefore you will find in this manual a fill-in version of the BAT without
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1.1. Instruction
There are two instructions depending on the version used. The difference between
Work-related version
The following statements relate to * how to experience your work and how you
thereby feels. Please indicate how often each statement applies to you by
General release
The following statements relate to * how you feel. Please indicate how
often each statement applies to you by getting the most appropriate response
tick.
1.2. scoring
1 2 3 4 5
• Four core dimensions each with four shells ( exhaustion, mental detachment,
can be interpreted.
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How many bowls you decrease depends on the goal you have in mind. In the
"The BAT total score can be used to determine the degree of burnout
set, while the scores for the four core dimensions, possibly supplemented with
BAT. "
Wish you so only the degree of burnout 2 fix, you have enough to
the average score combined for the four core dimensions. Do you want a lake
differentiated image, you can also make a separate assessment for each
the five dimensions (four core dimensions and one secondary dimension).
2 Technically, this concerns "the degree of burnout symptoms, but to make as simple as possible this manual, we talk about" the degree of burn-out '
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Work-related version
exhaustion
5) When I get up in the morning, I miss the energy to start the day
mental distance
Note: * In the Netherlands version of this item is: "At work I do not think much and I function on
automatic pilot'
emotional dysregulation
want
cognitive disorder
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Psychosomatic complaints
4) I suffer from sore muscles, for example in the neck, shoulder or back
5) I am often sick
2) I tend to worry
General release
exhaustion
5) When I get up in the morning, I miss the energy to start the day
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Mental distance *
Note: * The global version of the BAT is the item "At work I do not think much and I function on (the)
automatic pilot "is not added (see BAT Manual - Version 1.3, p. 35)
emotional dysregulation
cognitive disorder
Psychosomatic complaints
4) I suffer from sore muscles, for example in the neck, shoulder or back
5) I am often sick
2) I tend to worry
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1.4. Interpretation
"The average scale scores of the BAT scales are calculated by the
scores on scale all the items by adding to one another and dividing by the number of
means that the value of the scale scores ranging from 1 t / m 5. Due to the
BAT score on all items or counting and dividing by 23 the total score
In essence, you must calculate an average score every time - which always between 1 and
5 is - before you can interpret it. On the basis of the fictitious respondents
• If you want to determine the degree of burnout, So you take the total score on the
respondent X Y Z
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respondent X Y Z
O You hereby follows the same steps as above. First you count the score
each question for the relevant dimension and v ubsequently share your
Number of 8 4 or 5 * 5 5 10
questions
Note: * The global version of this dimension BAT has only four questions.
respondent X Y Z
by eight.
respondent X Y Z
You can average score (s) you calculated in step 1 in various ways
3 More information about the distinction between norms and values can be found in the manual BAT under Part III: Practical Use
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• Choose for standards then compare your score (s) the average Flemish
medium, high and Very high. "Low" means that the corresponding score
with the 25% lowest scoring Flemish or Dutch workers, and 'high'
O Standards are interesting because they provide information about how the score
forms.
• Choose for limits then compare your score (s) in patients with
"Problematic" scores: score one too high or not? They therefore play
For the work-related version of the BAT are there standards ( Flanders &
version of the BAT there are only limits ( Flanders) available. Others
Work-related version
Average 1.61 - 2:40 1.76 - 2.70 1:21 to 2:40 1:21 to 2:19 1.81 - 2:59 1.71 - 2.75
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High 2.41- 3.29 2.71 - 3.74 2:41 to 3:59 2:20 to 3:19 2.60 -3.39 2.76 - 3:50
X, Y and Z as follows:
respondent X Y Z
scores).
next one:
respondent X Y Z
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The standards for the Netherlands you interpret in the same way as for Flanders
just so you compare this with the Dutch population (see Table 2).
Average 1.56 - 2.79 1.76 - 2.99 1:21 - 1:21 2.99 - 2.79 1:41 - 2.60 1:46 - 2.79
High 2.80 - 3.64 3.00 - 3.99 3.00 - 3.99 2.80 - 3.79 2.61 - 3.97 2.80 - 3:59
Orange 2:59 to 3:01 3:06 to 3:30 2:50 to 3:09 2:10 - 2.89 2.70 - 3:09 2.85 - 3:34
X, Y and Z as follows:
respondent X Y Z
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next one:
respondent X Y Z
General release
Workers from Flanders, only you use it only for overall version of
BAT.
Orange 2:59 - 3:31 - 2:50 - 2:10 to 3:49 2.70 - 3:49 2.77 - 3:22
3:01 3.80 3:09
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References
Notelaers, G., De Witte, H., Van Veldhoven, M., & Vermunt, J. (2007). Construction and
Schaufeli, W., & Baker, A. (2004). Inspiration: a measured understanding. Behaviour &
Organization, 17 89-112.
Schaufeli W. Van Wijhe, C., Peeters, M., & Taris, T. (2011). Work Addiction, a concept
Schaufeli WB, White, H. & Desart, S. (2019). Manual Burnout Assessment Tool
39, 538-54.
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questionnaires
On the following pages you will find back the entry version of the BAT without reference
Content
• Belgium (Flemish)
• Netherlands (Dutch)
The following statements relate to how you experience your work and how you
thereby feels. Please indicate how often each statement applies to you by
When I get up in the morning, I miss the energy to start the day ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
I tend to worry ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
I suffer from sore muscles, for example in the neck, shoulder or back ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
I am often sick ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
The following statements relate to how you feel. Please indicate how
often each statement applies to you by getting the most appropriate response
tick '.
When I get up in the morning, I miss the energy to start the day ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
I tend to worry ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
I suffer from sore muscles, for example in the neck, shoulder or back ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
I am often sick ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
The following statements relate to how you experience your work and how you
thereby feels. Please indicate how often each statement applies to you by
When I get up in the morning, I miss the energy to start the day ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
I tend to worry ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
I suffer from sore muscles, for example in the neck, shoulder or back ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
I am often sick ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
The following statements relate to how you feel. Please indicate how
often each statement applies to you by getting the most appropriate response
tick '.
When I get up in the morning, I miss the energy to start the day ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
I tend to worry ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
I suffer from sore muscles, for example in the neck, shoulder or back ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
I am often sick ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐