BURNOUT ASSESSMENT TOOL

Work-related Version of the BAT

The following statements relate to your work situation and how you experience it.
Please indicate how often each statement applies to you.

Scoring: Never (1), Rarely (2), Sometimes (3), Often (4), Always (5)

Core Symptoms

Exhaustion

1. At work, I feel mentally exhausted*

2. Everything I do at work requires a great deal of effort

3. After a day at work, I find it hard to recover my energy*

4. At work, I feel physically exhausted*

5. When I get up in the morning, I lack the energy to start a new day at work

6. I want to be active at work, but somehow I am unable to manage

7. When I exert myself at work, I quickly get tired

8. At the end of my working day, I feel mentally exhausted and drained

Mental Distance

9. I struggle to find any enthusiasm for my work*

10. At work, I do not think much about what I am doing and I function on autopilot

11. I feel a strong aversion towards my job*

12. I feel indifferent about my job

13. I’m cynical about what my work means to others*

Cognitive Impairment

14. At work, I have trouble staying focused*

15. At work I struggle to think clearly

16. I’m forgetful and distracted at work

17. When I’m working, I have trouble concentrating*

18. I make mistakes in my work because I have my mind on other things*

Emotional Impairment

19. At work, I feel unable to control my emotions*

20. I do not recognize myself in the way I react emotionally at work*

21. During my work I become irritable when things don’t go my way

22. I get upset or sad at work without knowing why

23. At work I may overreact unintentionally*

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