Dimensionality, Sensitivity and Specificity of Different Versions of the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire/Measure in Clinical and Non-Clinical Populations.

ABSTRACT: The Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire/Measure (SMBQ/SMBM) is a self-report instrument frequently used for assessing degree of burnout and screening for stress-related exhaustion disorder. The aim of the present study was three-fold. First, to examine reliability and construct validity of different versions of SMBM with 6-22 items in a clinical context. Second, to examine the criterion validity by assessing sensitivity and specificity and determining clinical cut-offs for these versions of the SMBM, and third to examine the prevalence of burnout in a general population and primary care sample using the proposed cut-offs. Two Swedish samples were used for the first two purposes: a clinical sample of patients diagnosed with exhaustion disorder (n = 149), and a matched sample of healthy con

SUBMITTER: Sundstrom AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11747081 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature