The Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) is a psychological instrument designed to evaluate the severity and presence of burnout symptoms in individuals. The BAT does not diagnose burnout but instead measures various burnout-related complaints across multiple dimensions, such as exhaustion, mental distance, emotional impairment, and cognitive impairment. The BAT measures the presence and intensity of these dimensions, but does not assess for the causes or consequences of burnout. This tool is particularly useful in individual assessments, helping to estimate the level of burnout symptoms a person may be experiencing. It can also be used for group assessment of burnout. The BAT (work-related) is widely used in both clinical and organizational settings to monitor and manage burnout effectively.

Self-report

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No recommended standard frequency; Blueprint recommends weekly.

The Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) scoring system utilizes a 5-point Likert scale, where respondents rate each statement based on how frequently they experience certain symptoms: Never (1), Rarely (2), Sometimes (3), Often (4), and Always (5). The BAT includes five subscales, each targeting different aspects of burnout. These are separated into two categories:

Core Symptoms, which includes 4 subscales of exhaustion, mental distance, cognitive impairment, and emotional impairment. The scores from these subscales can be used individually to assess burnout symptoms or combined into a total score.

Secondary Symptoms, which measures the dimensions of psychological complaints and psychosomatic complaints. These dimensions are added together and always interpreted as a whole to create a single subscale.

To assess a person’s overall level of burnout, the BAT is interpreted using a total average score of the four core dimension items. Calculating this score involves summing the answers on items 1-23 and dividing the answer by 23.

For a more detailed understanding of an individual’s burnout profile, the average scores from the four core dimensions, along with the secondary symptoms, can be calculated and further analyzed. This detailed differentiation is particularly useful in individual assessments. To calculate average scores for each subscale the scores for all items in a particular scale are summed and then divided by the number of items in that scale. The resulting average score ranges from 1 to 5. The same method applies to the total score for the secondary symptoms, which are also averaged.

Suggested cutoff scores based on statistical norms are currently only available for Flemish and Dutch individuals.

Blueprint provides the long-form, work-related version of the BAT. On the original assessment, the items are numbered and labeled by subscale.

Due to limitations on the Blueprint platform, all items are numbered sequentially (1-33). The assessment does not show a visual representation of the differentiation between these subscales. However, the scoring on Blueprint aligns with the original assessment and provides subscale scores for core and secondary symptoms.

Schaufeli, W.B., De Witte, H. & Desart, S. (2019). Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) – Test Manual. KU Leuven, Belgium: Internal report.

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