Investigating validity evidence of the Malay translation of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) is a recent burnout measure with a focus on fatigue and exhaustion. It has three factors: personal burnout, work-related burnout, and client-related burnout. This study aimed to translate the CBI into the Malay language and to validate the translated version among a group of medical students.

Methods

The forward-backward translation was performed as per standard guidelines. The Malay version of CBI (CBI-M) was distributed to 32 medical students to assess face validity and later to 452 medical students to assess construct validity. The data analysis was performed by Microsoft Excel, SPSS and AMOS.

Results

The face validity index of CBI-M was more than 0.8. The three factors of CBI-M achieved good levels of goodness-of

SUBMITTER: Andrew Chin RW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6694988 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature