Sydney Burnout Measure (SBM) Tool

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1	Note: several questions below relate to 'work'. If you are currently employed, please answer these questions in relation to your formal work.
2	If you have ceased employment due to burnout, please answer the questions in relation to your last job that brought on your burnout symptoms.
3	If you are not formally employed and are primarily responsible for home or care duties (eg carer for a family member), please answer the 'work' questions in relation to such home/care duties.
4	Item		Not true 0	Slightly 1	Moderately 2	Distinctly 3
5	1	I feel emotionally drained and exhausted			1
6	2	My attention is less focused			1
7	3	I wake up feeling tired			2
8	4	I cannot concentrate or register new information because of foggy thinking			0
9	5	I withdraw from family and friends			0
10	6	I find it hard to concentrate on the task at hand			1
11	7	I lack energy across the day			1
12	8	I take longer to finish tasks at work			1
13	9	I cannot get pleasure out of my work			1
14	10	I struggle to understand the feelings of colleagues, customers, and/or recipients of my care			0
15	11	I no longer feel as driven to meet my responsibilities			1
16	12	I have a loss of energy which makes it hard for me to get going in the morning			1
17	13	I keep to myself			1
18	14	I feel slowed down mentally (e.g., hard to find words, slowed thoughts)			0
19	15	I do not look forward to spending time with friends and family anymore			0
20	16	I spend much of my day worrying			0
21	17	I constantly feel tired and fatigued			1
22	18	My capacity to remember things is not as good as usual			0
23	19	I no longer look forward to things that would normally give me pleasure			0
24	20	I feel self-critical and am hard on myself			1
25	21	I have to re-read things because I was not concentrating the first time			1
26	22	I care less about people with whom I work (e.g., colleagues, customers, recipients of my care)			1
27	23	I am less empathetic			1
28	24	I feel I am stagnating and that life is passing me by			0
29	25	I feel worn out			0
30	26	I feel like I am contributing less at work			1
31	27	I find little things and chores frustrating			0
32	28	My work performance has declined			1
33	29	I feel sad, empty and hopeless			0
34	30	I feel less empathy and sympathy towards people in general			0
35	31	I find it more difficult to take life as it comes			0
36	32	I am less productive at work			1
37	33	I am not refreshed by sleep			1
38	34	The quality of my work output is poorer			1
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40	TOTAL Score				21	102	21%
41	Exhaustion				6	18	33%
42	Cognitive Symptoms				4	21	19%
43	Loss of Empathy				2	12	17%
44	Withdrawal and insularity				1	12	8%
45	Impaired work performance				6	18	33%
46	Unsettled mood				2	21	10%
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48				Understanding your SBM Scores
49				The most important score is the total score - The higher the score indicated the greater severity of burnout symptoms. The highest possible score is 102.
50				Based on the original SBM studies, the average score based on 622 participants was 73.8
51				90 per cent of the sample scored 50 or higher
52				75 per cent scored 63 or higher
53				50 per cent scored 77 or higher
54				25 per cent scored 87 or higher
55				10 per cent score 93 or higher
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57				NB: As this is a severity measure, there is normal formal cut-off score to catergorically whether you have or do not have burnout.
58				It is suggested however that those experiencing burnout would be expected to score 50 or more.
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