Abstract:

Objective: To test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Maslach Burnout Inventory（MBI）in nurses at
minority districts. Methods: MBI was tested by 592 nurses in Dali Prefecture to evaluate the reliability and validity. Results: Factor
analysis showed that the item of diminished personal accomplishment was in accordance with the original scale, but item 6, 16, and 20
in the original scale were moved from emotional exhaustion dimension to depersonalization. The reliabilities of internal consistency of
the inventory was 0.834, and the three dimensions（depersonalization，emotional exhaustion，sense of achievement）ranged from 0.787
to 0.807. The correlation between each item and its dimension was stronger than the item with other dimensions. Conclusion: The
reliability of the Chinese version of MBI is acceptable. But the construct is different from the original inventory. So if we want to
investigate the nurses in minority district, we have to revise the scale firstly.

Key words: nurse, job burnout, minority district, reliability, validity