Assessing Burnout in Healthcare Professionals

The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey for Medical Professionals [MBI-HSS (MP)] was used to measure participant burnout in a healthcare setting. This measure has been used in prior research on TM’s impact on burnout symptoms [11 ]. The MBI-HSS (MP) is a 22-item inventory with a seven-point response scale, measuring emotional exhaustion (EE; 9 items), depersonalization (DP; 5 items), and professional accomplishment (PA; 8 items;). Higher EE and DP scores correspond to higher burnout, while higher PA scores correspond to lower burnout [23 ]. Cronbach’s alphas range from 0.76 to 0.90 [24 ].