BAT-W
Burnout Assessment Tool (Work-Related Version) (BAT-W)
The work-related version of the BAT is a tool for assessing the level of burnout in patients who are currently working. It measures exhaustion, mental distance from work, cognitive and emotional difficulties, as well as associated complaints.
- Number of questions
- 33 questions
- Estimated duration
- 8 minutes
- Language
- English
- Original name
- Burnout Assessment Tool (Work-Related Version)
- Target audience
- Currently working adults
- Authors
- Hans De Witte, Wouter Schaufeli, Dorien Huyghebaert (2019)
- Category
- Burnout, Work-related distress
Preview of the 33 questions
Scoring & interpretation
Scoring
Core symptoms
Exhaustion: 3.13
Intense physical and mental fatigue, difficulty recovering one's energy
● < 3.31|● 3.31 – 3.81|● ≥ 3.81
Mental distance: 3.8
Psychological detachment from work, loss of interest and enthusiasm
● < 2.5|● 2.5 – 3.1|● ≥ 3.1
Emotional impairment: 3.8
Difficulty controlling one's emotions at work, irritability, disproportionate reactions
● < 2.1|● 2.1 – 3.5|● ≥ 3.5
Cognitive impairment: 4
Problems with concentration and memory, difficulty thinking clearly at work
● < 2.7|● 2.7 – 3.5|● ≥ 3.5
Total score: 3.61
● < 2.59|● 2.59 – 3.02|● ≥ 3.02
Secondary symptoms
Total score: 2.7
Psychological complaints (anxiety, sleep problems) and psychosomatic complaints (pain, tension)
● < 2.77|● 2.77 – 3.23|● ≥ 3.23
Core symptoms
No burnoutAt risk of burnoutSevere burnout
Secondary symptoms
No burnout (1 to 2.8)At risk of burnout (2.8 to 3.2)Severe burnout (3.2 to 5)
Responses are given on a scale from 1 (Never) to 5 (Always). The score for each dimension is the mean of the items that make it up.
Core symptoms (23 items): Exhaustion (items 1-8), Mental distance (items 9-13), Cognitive impairment (items 14-18), and Emotional impairment (items 19-23). The total score is the mean of the 23 items.
Secondary symptoms (10 items): Psychological complaints (items 24-28) and psychosomatic complaints (items 29-33). These two dimensions are highly correlated and are interpreted together as a single score.
Interpretation: Green zone = no burnout, orange zone = at risk, red zone = severe burnout.
The mean scores of the four core symptoms are calculated by adding up the points of all the questions of a core symptom and dividing the result by the number of questions related to that core symptom. This means that the scores per dimension range from 1 to 5. By adding up the scores of the four core dimensions and dividing them by 23, one obtains the total score, which also lies between 1 and 5. The same applies to the 10 secondary symptoms.
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