The test presented here is the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI), developed by Tage S. Kristensen, Marianne Borritz, Ebbe Villadsen, and Karl B. Christensen (2005) at the National Institute of Occupational Health in Denmark, as an alternative to the Maslach Burnout Inventory. It is a 19-item questionnaire divided into three separate scales: Personal Burnout (6 items), Work-Related Burnout (7 items), and Client-Related Burnout (6 items) — the last one is only relevant if you work with clients, patients, students, or similar recipients of your work.
The test is designed for self-completion and takes about 5–6 minutes. Each item is rated on how often, or to what degree, a statement applies to you. Each answer is converted to a score from 0 to 100, and the score for each of the three scales is the average of its items (not a sum), so each scale also ranges from 0 to 100. There are no official clinical cut-off categories for the CBI — the developers themselves report the proportion of a large occupational sample scoring 50 or above as commonly used to indicate a high degree of burnout on each scale. The result is not a medical diagnosis and does not replace consultation with a specialist. If you do not work with clients, patients, or similar, you can skip the Client-Related Burnout section.
Stress, burnout, anxiety, and depression are often intertwined in practice and can reinforce one another. If you are more concerned about anxiety, tension, or worry, our anxiety test may help. If you are more concerned about low mood, loss of interest, or lack of energy, our depression test may help. If you are struggling with sleep, try our sleep tests.