Abstract
Objectives. The aim of the study was to test the psychometric properties of Czech version of the Shirom Melamed Burnout Measure (SMBM).
Although this instrument has been translated to Czech language and used before, its validity has not yet been tested. Sample and settings.
Representative sample of Czech working population has been used. The predefined quotas were: gender, age, education attained, size of city they currently live in and the region they come from.
Combination of questioning methods was used: direct questioning for older population (50+) and online questionnaire for 25-50 years of age. Hypothesis.
The hypothesis to prove was that Czech version of SMBM has high internal consistency. The second hypothesis was that Czech SMBM has three factors (like the English version) and these factors are: cognitive, physical and emotional burnout.
Statistical analyses. In order to test hypothesis regarding the internal consistency, the Cronbach,s alpha was determined.
In order to test the structure of the test, confirmatory factor analysis and IRT were employed. Results.
Cronbach's alpha and factor analysis pointed to high internal consistency and reliability of Czech version of SMBM. Czech version of SMBM is thus considered as reliable psychometric tool and the results of this study are comparable to other available research.
Study limitation. Due to the fact that online questioning for larger part of the study sample was used, certain population might have beenmissed.
The design of the study was crosssectional which bears another problem: it is not possible to determine whether it was only respondents, current situation or whether he/she has been suffering from burnout symptoms for a longer period of time.