A Quiz: Burnout Inventory

Rate yourself on the scale below. For each of the fifteen questions, choose a number from 0=5 that shows how you have felt during the last 3 months.

  1. Do you get tired easy? Do you feel worn out?

No Change            0          1          2          3          4          5          Much Change

  1. Do you get upset when people tell you “You don’t look so good lately?

No Change            0          1          2          3          4          5          Much Change

  1. Are you working harder and harder and feel like you’re getting nothing done?

No Change            0          1          2          3          4          5          Much Change

  1. Are you more sarcastic and disappointed in the world around you?

No Change            0          1          2          3          4          5          Much Change

  1. Are you sad a lot and don’t know why?

No Change            0          1          2          3          4          5          Much Change

  1. Are you more forgetful (missing doctor visits, losing things)?

No Change            0          1          2          3          4          5          Much Change

  1. Are you grumpy? More short-tempered? Do you expect more and more from the people around you?

No Change            0          1          2          3          4          5          Much Change

  1. Are you spending less time with your friends and family?

No Change            0          1          2          3          4          5          Much Change

  1. Are you too busy to do every day things (make phone calls, send out cards)?

No Change            0          1          2          3          4          5          Much Change

Do you always feel bad or are you sick all the time?

No Change            0          1          2          3          4          5          Much Change

  1. Do you feel confused at the end of the day?

No Change            0          1          2          3          4          5          Much Change

  1. Do you have trouble feeling happy?

No Change            0          1          2          3          4          5          Much Change

  1. Are you unable to laugh at a joke about yourself?

No Change            0          1          2          3          4          5          Much Change

  1. Does sex seem like more trouble than it’s worth?

No Change            0          1          2          3          4          5          Much Change

  1. Do you have very little to say to people?

No Change            0          1          2          3          4          5          Much Change

Calculate Score:  _          _          _          _          _          _

If your score is:

Scores 0-25:                    Doing Fine

Scores 26-35:                 Watch out, you are at risk.

Scores 36-50:                 Candidate for Burnout.

Scores 51-65:                  You are Burning out.

Scores 65+:                      You are totally Burned out.  Get help!