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. 2022 Jan;9(1):320-328.
doi: 10.1002/nop2.1065. Epub 2021 Sep 21.

Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Oldenburg Burnout Inventory for Chinese nurses

Huiwen Xu  1   2 , Yuan Yuan  1   2 , Weijuan Gong  1 , Jingyi Zhang  1 , Xinyi Liu  1 , Pingting Zhu  1 , En Takashi  2 , Akio Kitayama  2 , Xiaojuan Wan  1 , Jianhui Jiao  1   3
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Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Oldenburg Burnout Inventory for Chinese nurses

Huiwen Xu et al. Nurs Open. 2022 Jan.

Abstract

Aim: This study aims to develop a reliable and validate Chinese version of Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI).

Design: A cross-sectional validation design was adopted in this study.

Methods: After obtaining the copyright by contacting with the author, the original English OLBI was developed to Chinese by forward translation, back-translation, cultural adaptation and a pre-test (20 nurses). The Chinese OLBI and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) were administered to 641 clinical nurses during July and August, 2020. Internal consistency (Cronbach's α coefficient), split reliability (split half coefficient), construct validity (confirmatory factor analysis) and criterion validity (comparison with MBI, using Pearson correlation analysis) were assessed.

Results: The Chinese OLBI included 16 items. Exploratory factor analysis extracted two factors with a cumulative contribution of 62.245%. Two-dimensional structure (exhaustion and disengagement) was confirmed. It has good internal consistency (Cronbach's α coefficient values of 0.905, 0.933 and 0.876 for the total questionnaire, exhaustion dimension and disengagement dimension, respectively), split half reliability (split half coefficient = 0.883, p < .01) and criterion validity (r = 0.873, p < .01). Pearson coefficients between 16 items and the scale varied from 0.479-0.765. An acceptable model fit (χ2 /df = 2.49, RMSEA = 0.068, TLI = 0.906, CFI = 0.922, SRMR = 0.061) was achieved.

Keywords: Maslach Burnout Inventory; Oldenburg Burnout Inventory; burnout; nurses; reliability; translation; validity.

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