Reliability and Use of Copenhagen Burnout Inventory in Italian Sample of University Professors

Abstract

Academics often have to face with burnout syndrome at work. This cross-sectional study evaluates the reliability of the Italian version of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) in a sample of Academics of Sapienza University of Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, through an online questionnaire composed of the CBI, SF12 Health Survey, and Positivity Scale. Univariate, bivariate, multivariate analyses, and Cronbach α coefficients of CBI were performed. Ninety-five participants completed the questionnaire (response rate 85%). Cronbach’s α of the three domains were high (0.892, 0.868, and 0.836). Women, younger and part time professors reported higher score in personal (p = 0.025; 0.060) and work burnout. In multivariate analysis decreasing age (β = −0.263; p = 0.001); being a professor in environmental technicians (β = −0.120; p = 0.098); and low mental (β = −0.263; p = 0.020), physical (β = −0.319; p ≤ 0.001) and positivity scores (β = −0.237; p = 0.031) predict significantly higher personal burnout. Low physical (β = −0.346; p < 0.001) and mental (β = − 0.249; p = 0.013) positivity (β = −0.345; p = 0.001) scores; fewer years of work (β = −0.269; p ≤ 0.001); and being a medical or nursing professor (β = 0.169; p = 0.016) predicts high work burnout. Low MCS predicts a high level of student burnout. Results suggest that the Italian version of the CBI is a reliable instrument. Further research should focus on the prevalence of burnout in academics.

Burnout syndrome in university professors and academic staff members: psychometric properties of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory–Brazilian version

“…Milfont et al (2008) carried out their study in order to evaluate BS in New Zealand secondary school teachers and identified mean scores of 43.0, 41.5, and 40.4 for PB, WB, and CB, respectively. Sestili et al (2018) identified mean scores of PB = 41.4 and WB = 34.3 (the mean score of CB was not mentioned by the authors). Additionally, they observed that personal and work-related burnout levels were higher in women, younger, and part-time professors, corroborating other results of this study.…”

“…Like the MBI, the CBI has been used to analyze the BS in human services workers (Kristensen et al, 2005;Molinero, Basart, & Moncada, 2013;Berat et al, 2016), health professionals (Chou, Li, & Hu, 2014;Chin et al, 2018), university students (Marôco & Campos, 2012;Campos et al, 2013), and university professors and academic staff (Kinman & Wray, 2014;Milfont et al, 2008;Avanzi et al, 2013;Fiorilli et al, 2015;Sestili et al, 2018).…”

“…A review of burnout predictors in university professors identified some stressful factors that can trigger emotional exhaustion and low job satisfaction: work pressure, low pay, low social recognition, conflicts at work, problematic relationships with parents, large classes, and learning difficulties and aggressive behaviors in students (Fiorilli et al, 2015). University professors must develop multiple activities for teaching and research projects as well as attending to scientific production requirements and performing administrative tasks (organizing departments and faculties, planning academic activities, managing courses) (Sestili et al, 2018). In addition, the combined effect of the response to job demands with the progressive degradation of work conditions at universities worldwide results in physical and emotional exhaustion among professors (Collado, Soria, Canafoglia, & Collado, 2016).…”

Burnout syndrome in the professionals employed in special education schools

“…Τα τελευταία χρόνια έχουν αναπτυχθεί και άλλα εργαλεία, όπως το Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI), τo οποίο δηµιουργήθηκε από ερευνητές του Εθνικού Ινστιτούτου Υγείας της Εργασίας της ∆ανίας (Kristensen et al 2005). Η κλίµακα CBI έχει µεταφραστεί και έχει χρησιµοποιηθεί σε πολλές µελέτες διεθνώς µε περισσότερες από 1300 ετεροαναφορές (Lin & Lin 2013, Sestili et al 2018, Walters et al 2018.…”

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“…Τα τελευταία χρόνια έχουν αναπτυχθεί και άλλα εργαλεία, όπως το Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI), τo οποίο δημιουργήθηκε από ερευνητές του Εθνικού Ινστιτούτου Υγείας της Εργασίας της Δανίας (Kristensen et al 2005). Η κλίμακα CBI έχει μεταφραστεί και έχει χρησιμοποιηθεί σε πολλές μελέτες διεθνώς με περισσότερες από 1300 ετεροαναφορές (Lin & Lin 2013, Sestili et al 2018, Walters et al 2018.…”