Burnout is an escalating global occupational health challenge,requiring valid and reliable assessment tools.This study validates the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory(CBI)for assessing burnout among Sudanese workers in the...Burnout is an escalating global occupational health challenge,requiring valid and reliable assessment tools.This study validates the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory(CBI)for assessing burnout among Sudanese workers in the education,healthcare,and banking sectors,where burnout prevalence is high.Utilizing the 19-item CBI,translated into Arabic,the study measured burnout across three dimensions:Personal Burnout(PB),Work-related Burnout(WB),and Client-related Burnout(CB).A total of 1068 participants were surveyed,including 438 teachers(41%),326 healthcare workers(30.5%),and 304 bank employees(28.5%).Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses confirmed the construct validity of the CBI,while concurrent validity was supported through moderate to high correlations with the Maslach Burnout Inventory(MBI)domains,except for a weak correlation between Depersonalization and PB/WB.Reliability was established through Cronbach’s Alpha(α),McDonald’s Omega(ω),Composite Reliability(CR),Average Variance Extracted(AVE),and discriminant validity,all of which were satisfactory across the three groups.The study resulted in two final versions of the CBI:a 17-item version for healthcare workers and a 19-item version for teachers and bank employees.Both versions are available in Arabic,and stakeholders are recommended to use the CBI tailored to each sector’s specific psychometric properties.This tailored approach ensures accurate measurement of burnout,aiding psychologists,therapists,and policymakers in addressing and mitigating burnout effectively within each professional group.展开更多
基金funded by King Saud University,Riyadh,Saudi Arabia,grant number(ORFFT-2025-136-1).
文摘Burnout is an escalating global occupational health challenge,requiring valid and reliable assessment tools.This study validates the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory(CBI)for assessing burnout among Sudanese workers in the education,healthcare,and banking sectors,where burnout prevalence is high.Utilizing the 19-item CBI,translated into Arabic,the study measured burnout across three dimensions:Personal Burnout(PB),Work-related Burnout(WB),and Client-related Burnout(CB).A total of 1068 participants were surveyed,including 438 teachers(41%),326 healthcare workers(30.5%),and 304 bank employees(28.5%).Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses confirmed the construct validity of the CBI,while concurrent validity was supported through moderate to high correlations with the Maslach Burnout Inventory(MBI)domains,except for a weak correlation between Depersonalization and PB/WB.Reliability was established through Cronbach’s Alpha(α),McDonald’s Omega(ω),Composite Reliability(CR),Average Variance Extracted(AVE),and discriminant validity,all of which were satisfactory across the three groups.The study resulted in two final versions of the CBI:a 17-item version for healthcare workers and a 19-item version for teachers and bank employees.Both versions are available in Arabic,and stakeholders are recommended to use the CBI tailored to each sector’s specific psychometric properties.This tailored approach ensures accurate measurement of burnout,aiding psychologists,therapists,and policymakers in addressing and mitigating burnout effectively within each professional group.
