Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI)
The CBI is a research-based questionnaire that helps you reflect on different forms of physical and psychological exhaustion.
It looks at burnout in three areas of your life so you can better understand where exhaustion may be showing up most.
What the CBI Measures
Personal Burnout
Your overall level of physical and psychological exhaustion, regardless of what may be causing it.
Work-Related Burnout
Exhaustion that you experience as connected to your work and work environment.
People-Related Burnout
Exhaustion associated with working directly with clients, patients, students, or other people you support.
Access the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI)
To keep the original questionnaire with its source and to protect your privacy, our clinic does not reproduce or collect your responses to the CBI on this website.
You can access the original Copenhagen Burnout Inventory through the National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NFA) and download the questionnaire from its website.
The link above will take you to the NFA website, where the CBI and related information are provided.
The link above will take you to the NFA website, where the CBI and related information are provided.
About the CBI
The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory was developed through the PUMA Project (Project on Burnout, Motivation and Job Satisfaction) by researchers at the National Research Centre for the Working Environment in Denmark.
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.
How to Use Your Results
Notice patterns
Your responses may help you notice whether exhaustion seems to be showing up more broadly in your life, around work, or in client-facing roles.
Look at the bigger picture
Burnout can overlap with stress, anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, ADHD, caregiving strain, and physical health concerns, among other factors.
Use it as a starting point
Your results are a starting point for reflection, not a diagnosis. They can help guide conversations with a therapist or a healthcare professional.
A Note About Your Results
The CBI is intended to help identify and understand signs of burnout. It does not provide a mental health diagnosis and should not replace an assessment by a qualified healthcare or mental health professional.
A higher score does not necessarily tell you why you are exhausted. Many factors in your work, relationships, health, and life circumstances may all be part of the picture.
If your results bring up concerns, you may want to discuss them with an appropriate healthcare or mental health professional.
You don’t have to wait until you can’t keep going.
Therapy can help you understand what’s been draining your capacity and find changes that are realistic for the life you actually have.