About the test
Burnout test (CBI)
Thirteen questions about exhaustion in daily life and at work, from the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory. Shows how worn out you are compared with others. Not a diagnosis.
- 13 questions
- About 3 min
Questionnaire / instrument: CBI
What does it measure?
Personal exhaustion and exhaustion that you associate with work. The questionnaire separates general physical and psychological fatigue from work-related burnout.
Where does it come from?
The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) was developed by Tage Kristensen and colleagues at the Danish National Institute of Occupational Health. We use its personal and work-related sections.
How is the result calculated?
Six personal and seven work-related items are converted to 0, 25, 50, 75 or 100 and averaged within each section. One work item is reversed. The third original section, client-related burnout, is not included.
What can the result tell you?
The scores describe exhaustion rather than diagnosing its cause. A score of 50 or more follows the high-burnout definition used in the PUMA study, not a universal diagnostic boundary. Reference comparisons use Danish samples and may not generalize to your circumstances.
Languages and adaptations
English follows the original CBI manual. Traditional Chinese uses the Taiwanese occupational-health version. Norwegian and several other languages use our own AI-assisted translations; these have not been independently validated.
License and reuse
Copenhagen Burnout InventoryThe CBI was developed as a freely available alternative to commercial burnout questionnaires. We credit Kristensen and colleagues and the Danish National Institute of Occupational Health. The linked manual documents the instrument and scoring; it does not specify a standard Creative Commons license.
The terms below apply to the test materials. Articles, translations, software and our result descriptions may have separate terms.
Sources and further reading
Kristensen, T. S., Borritz, M., Villadsen, E., & Christensen, K. B. (2005). The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory: A new tool for the assessment of burnout. Work & Stress, 19(3), 192–207.