Table 3 Crosswalks mapping raw (total) Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Depersonalization (DP), and Personal Accomplishment (PA) subscale scores to IRT-based scores and response profiles

EE raw score

EE IRT

z-score (θ) (se)

EE IRT t-score (se)

EE1: emotionally drained from work

\( {P}_{4_{EE1}} \)(θ)

EE2: used up at end of workday

\( {P}_{4_{EE2}} \)(θ)

EE3: fatigued when get up

\( {P}_{4_{EE3}} \)(θ)

EE5: burned out from work

\( {P}_{4_{EE5}} \)(θ)

EE6: frustrated by job

\( {P}_{4_{EE6}} \)(θ)

EE7: working too hard on job

\( {P}_{4_{EE7}} \)(θ)

EE4EE8: working with people is a real strain and/or puts too much stress on me

\( {P}_{8_{EE4 EE8}} \)(θ)

EE9: at the end of my rope

\( {P}_{4_{EE9}} \)(θ)

0

−2.51 (0.43)

24.92 (4.26)

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.002

0.003

0.002

0.000

1

−2.13 (0.32)

28.72 (3.21)

0.000

0.001

0.001

0.000

0.005

0.008

0.004

0.000

2

−1.91 (0.30)

30.92 (2.95)

0.000

0.002

0.001

0.000

0.009

0.014

0.005

0.001

3

−1.74 (0.28)

32.58 (2.82)

0.001

0.003

0.002

0.000

0.014

0.021

0.006

0.001

4

−1.60 (0.27)

33.96 (2.72)

0.001

0.005

0.003

0.000

0.020

0.030

0.008

0.002

5

−1.49 (0.27)

35.14 (2.67)

0.002

0.008

0.005

0.000

0.027

0.039

0.009

0.002

6

−1.38 (0.26)

36.20 (2.62)

0.003

0.012

0.007

0.001

0.036

0.050

0.011

0.003

7

−1.28 (0.26)

37.19 (2.58)

0.005

0.018

0.009

0.001

0.047

0.063

0.013

0.004

8

−1.19 (0.26)

38.10 (2.55)

0.008

0.026

0.012

0.002

0.059

0.077

0.015

0.005

9

−1.10 (0.25)

38.96 (2.53)

0.012

0.036

0.016

0.003

0.075

0.095

0.017

0.006

10

−1.02 (0.25)

39.78 (2.51)

0.016

0.049

0.021

0.004

0.091

0.113

0.019

0.007

11

−0.94 (0.25)

40.56 (2.49)

0.023

0.066

0.027

0.005

0.111

0.134

0.021

0.009

12

−0.87 (0.25)

41.30 (2.47)

0.031

0.084

0.033

0.007

0.131

0.155

0.024

0.010

13

−0.80 (0.25)

42.02 (2.45)

0.041

0.108

0.041

0.009

0.155

0.179

0.026

0.012

14

−0.73 (0.24)

42.71 (2.44)

0.055

0.138

0.051

0.012

0.181

0.205

0.029

0.015

15

−0.66 (0.24)

43.38 (2.43)

0.073

0.174

0.062

0.017

0.211

0.235

0.032

0.017

16

−0.60 (0.24)

44.04 (2.42)

0.121

0.259

0.091

0.029

0.277

0.296

0.035

0.024

17

−0.53 (0.24)

44.68 (2.41)

0.151

0.307

0.107

0.038

0.311

0.328

0.039

0.027

18

−0.47 (0.24)

45.30 (2.41)

0.187

0.359

0.127

0.048

0.347

0.361

0.043

0.031

19

−0.41 (0.24)

45.92 (2.40)

0.230

0.414

0.149

0.062

0.385

0.395

0.047

0.036

20

−0.35 (0.24)

46.53 (2.40)

0.279

0.472

0.175

0.079

0.424

0.431

0.051

0.042

21

−0.29 (0.24)

47.13 (2.40)

0.334

0.531

0.204

0.100

0.465

0.467

0.055

0.048

22

−0.23 (0.24)

47.73 (2.41)

0.344

0.541

0.209

0.104

0.471

0.473

0.060

0.049

23

−0.17 (0.24)

48.32 (2.41)

0.394

0.589

0.236

0.127

0.505

0.504

0.066

0.055

24

−0.11 (0.24)

48.91 (2.42)

0.457

0.644

0.271

0.158

0.546

0.540

0.072

0.063

25

−0.05 (0.24)

49.51 (2.44)

0.522

0.696

0.310

0.196

0.587

0.576

0.078

0.072

26

0.01 (0.25)

50.10 (2.45)

0.565

0.728

0.338

0.225

0.613

0.600

0.082

0.079

27

0.07 (0.25)

50.70 (2.48)

0.647

0.786

0.396

0.292

0.663

0.646

0.092

0.094

28

0.13 (0.25)

51.30 (2.50)

0.704

0.823

0.442

0.349

0.699

0.679

0.100

0.107

29

0.19 (0.25)

51.90 (2.53)

0.755

0.854

0.489

0.411

0.732

0.710

0.109

0.122

30

0.25 (0.26)

52.51 (2.57)

0.800

0.881

0.536

0.475

0.763

0.739

0.118

0.139

31

0.31 (0.26)

53.13 (2.61)

0.838

0.904

0.582

0.540

0.791

0.766

0.128

0.157

32

0.37 (0.26)

53.75 (2.65)

0.870

0.922

0.627

0.604

0.817

0.792

0.138

0.177

33

0.44 (0.27)

54.38 (2.69)

0.901

0.940

0.677

0.674

0.844

0.818

0.151

0.204

34

0.50 (0.27)

55.01 (2.74)

0.922

0.952

0.717

0.729

0.864

0.839

0.163

0.228

35

0.57 (0.28)

55.65 (2.80)

0.941

0.963

0.759

0.785

0.885

0.861

0.178

0.260

36

0.63 (0.29)

56.30 (2.85)

0.954

0.971

0.792

0.826

0.901

0.878

0.192

0.289

37

0.70 (0.29)

56.96 (2.92)

0.965

0.977

0.826

0.866

0.917

0.895

0.209

0.325

38

0.76 (0.30)

57.64 (2.99)

0.973

0.982

0.851

0.893

0.928

0.908

0.225

0.358

39

0.83 (0.31)

58.34 (3.07)

0.980

0.986

0.877

0.919

0.940

0.921

0.244

0.398

40

0.91 (0.32)

59.06 (3.17)

0.986

0.990

0.902

0.942

0.951

0.934

0.267

0.445

41

0.98 (0.33)

59.82 (3.30)

0.989

0.992

0.919

0.956

0.959

0.944

0.288

0.487

42

1.06 (0.34)

60.61 (3.45)

0.993

0.994

0.936

0.969

0.967

0.953

0.314

0.536

43

1.14 (0.35)

61.39 (3.54)

0.995

0.996

0.950

0.978

0.973

0.961

0.341

0.584

44

1.22 (0.37)

62.22 (3.66)

0.996

0.997

0.960

0.984

0.979

0.968

0.369

0.630

45

1.30 (0.37)

63.04 (3.74)

0.997

0.998

0.969

0.989

0.983

0.974

0.397

0.674

46

1.39 (0.38)

63.89 (3.81)

0.998

0.998

0.976

0.992

0.986

0.979

0.431

0.720

47

1.48 (0.39)

64.79 (3.90)

0.999

0.999

0.983

0.995

0.990

0.983

0.465

0.767

48

1.57 (0.40)

65.69 (3.99)

0.999

0.999

0.986

0.997

0.992

0.986

0.499

0.800

49

1.66 (0.40)

66.57 (3.97)

0.999

0.999

0.990

0.998

0.993

0.989

0.533

0.832

50

1.77 (0.41)

67.70 (4.08)

1.000

1.000

0.993

0.999

0.995

0.991

0.574

0.866

51

1.89 (0.41)

68.88 (4.14)

1.000

1.000

0.995

0.999

0.996

0.994

0.618

0.897

52

2.05 (0.44)

70.55 (4.42)

1.000

1.000

0.997

1.000

0.998

0.996

0.674

0.928

53

2.21 (0.46)

72.13 (4.63)

1.000

1.000

0.998

1.000

0.999

0.997

0.725

0.950

54

2.51 (0.52)

75.14 (5.25)

1.000

1.000

0.999

1.000

0.999

0.999

0.806

0.975

DP raw score

DP IRT

z-score (θ) (se)

DP IRT t-score (se)

DP1: treat patients as impersonal objects

\( {P}_{4_{DP1}} \)(θ)

DP3: worry job hardening me emotionally

\( {P}_{4_{DP3}} \)(θ)

0

−1.52 (0.60)

34.81 (6.03)

0.004

0.002

1

−1.13 (0.53)

38.71 (5.32)

0.007

0.006

2

−0.78 (0.49)

42.19 (4.87)

0.014

0.015

3

−0.57 (0.48)

44.26 (4.85)

0.020

0.026

4

−0.41 (0.48)

45.91 (4.80)

0.026

0.039

5

−0.29 (0.49)

47.10 (4.93)

0.032

0.054

6

−0.15 (0.47)

48.54 (4.68)

0.041

0.076

7

0.01 (0.43)

50.06 (4.27)

0.053

0.112

8

0.14 (0.41)

51.39 (4.10)

0.066

0.152

9

0.26 (0.40)

52.61 (4.01)

0.080

0.198

10

0.38 (0.39)

53.76 (3.95)

0.097

0.253

11

0.49 (0.39)

54.86 (3.90)

0.116

0.313

12

0.59 (0.39)

55.94 (3.87)

0.135

0.373

13

0.70 (0.38)

57.00 (3.85)

0.159

0.444

14

0.80 (0.38)

58.04 (3.84)

0.184

0.511

15

0.91 (0.38)

59.08 (3.84)

0.215

0.583

16

1.01 (0.39)

60.11 (3.86)

0.247

0.647

17

1.12 (0.39)

61.15 (3.90)

0.284

0.711

18

1.22 (0.39)

62.19 (3.94)

0.322

0.762

19

1.32 (0.40)

63.23 (3.99)

0.361

0.807

20

1.43 (0.40)

64.29 (4.04)

0.407

0.849

21

1.54 (0.41)

65.38 (4.10)

0.454

0.883

22

1.65 (0.42)

66.53 (4.19)

0.503

0.910

23

1.77 (0.43)

67.73 (4.31)

0.555

0.933

24

1.89 (0.44)

68.94 (4.42)

0.607

0.951

25

2.01 (0.45)

70.13 (4.49)

0.656

0.964

26

2.14 (0.45)

71.42 (4.53)

0.706

0.974

27

2.30 (0.46)

72.97 (4.58)

0.761

0.983

28

2.49 (0.47)

74.93 (4.67)

0.816

0.990

29

2.73 (0.49)

77.32 (4.94)

0.871

0.995

30

3.05 (0.55)

80.49 (5.51)

0.923

0.998

PA raw score

PA IRT

z-score (θ) (se)

PA IRT t-score (se)

PA1: Easily understand how patients feel

\( {P}_{4_{PA1}} \)(θ)

PA2: deal very effectively with problems of patients

\( {P}_{4_{PA2}} \)(θ)

PA3: positively influencing other people’s lives through work

\( {P}_{4_{PA3}} \)(θ)

PA4: feel very energetic

\( {P}_{4_{PA4}} \)(θ)

PA5: can easily create relaxed atmosphere with patients

\( {P}_{4_{PA5}} \)(θ)

PA6: exhilarated after working closely with patients

\( {P}_{4_{PA6}} \)(θ)

PA7: accomplished many worthwhile things in job

\( {P}_{4_{PA7}}\left(\theta \right) \)

PA8: deal with emotional problems very calmly

\( {P}_{4_{PA8}} \)(θ)

0

−3.91 (0.48)

10.91 (4.83)

0.217

0.083

0.002

0.013

0.019

0.002

0.001

0.110

1

−3.71 (0.45)

12.85 (4.54)

0.256

0.111

0.004

0.018

0.027

0.003

0.002

0.137

2

−3.56 (0.44)

14.36 (4.40)

0.288

0.138

0.006

0.022

0.035

0.004

0.003

0.159

3

−3.45 (0.43)

15.51 (4.33)

0.313

0.161

0.008

0.026

0.043

0.005

0.004

0.178

4

−3.34 (0.42)

16.65 (4.22)

0.340

0.187

0.010

0.030

0.052

0.006

0.005

0.199

5

−3.23 (0.42)

17.67 (4.16)

0.367

0.215

0.013

0.035

0.063

0.008

0.006

0.221

6

−3.14 (0.41)

18.64 (4.09)

0.390

0.241

0.017

0.040

0.074

0.010

0.008

0.240

7

−3.04 (0.40)

19.61 (4.01)

0.417

0.272

0.021

0.046

0.088

0.012

0.010

0.263

8

−2.95 (0.39)

20.52 (3.95)

0.441

0.302

0.027

0.052

0.102

0.014

0.013

0.285

9

−2.86 (0.39)

21.42 (3.89)

0.465

0.334

0.033

0.059

0.119

0.016

0.016

0.307

10

−2.77 (0.38)

22.28 (3.84)

0.489

0.367

0.042

0.066

0.138

0.019

0.020

0.331

11

−2.69 (0.38)

23.12 (3.79)

0.511

0.398

0.050

0.074

0.157

0.023

0.024

0.353

12

−2.61 (0.38)

23.94 (3.75)

0.533

0.430

0.061

0.082

0.178

0.026

0.029

0.375

13

−2.53 (0.37)

24.74 (3.72)

0.554

0.462

0.074

0.091

0.201

0.031

0.036

0.398

14

−2.45 (0.37)

25.52 (3.69)

0.576

0.495

0.089

0.101

0.226

0.036

0.043

0.422

15

−2.37 (0.37)

26.30 (3.66)

0.597

0.527

0.107

0.112

0.253

0.041

0.052

0.446

16

−2.29 (0.36)

27.07 (3.64)

0.618

0.560

0.129

0.124

0.283

0.048

0.063

0.470

17

−2.22 (0.36)

27.83 (3.62)

0.636

0.588

0.150

0.136

0.310

0.055

0.075

0.491

18

−2.14 (0.36)

28.58 (3.60)

0.656

0.619

0.178

0.150

0.343

0.063

0.090

0.515

19

−2.07 (0.36)

29.33 (3.59)

0.673

0.645

0.206

0.163

0.373

0.072

0.106

0.537

20

−1.99 (0.36)

30.08 (3.59)

0.692

0.675

0.241

0.180

0.409

0.083

0.126

0.561

21

−1.92 (0.36)

30.82 (3.58)

0.708

0.699

0.275

0.195

0.441

0.094

0.147

0.581

22

−1.84 (0.36)

31.57 (3.58)

0.725

0.726

0.318

0.214

0.478

0.108

0.174

0.605

23

−1.77 (0.36)

32.32 (3.58)

0.740

0.748

0.358

0.231

0.511

0.122

0.201

0.625

24

−1.69 (0.36)

33.07 (3.58)

0.757

0.772

0.406

0.253

0.548

0.139

0.236

0.647

25

−1.62 (0.36)

33.83 (3.59)

0.770

0.791

0.450

0.272

0.581

0.157

0.269

0.667

26

−1.54 (0.36)

34.60 (3.60)

0.785

0.812

0.501

0.296

0.617

0.178

0.311

0.688

27

−1.46 (0.36)

35.38 (3.61)

0.800

0.831

0.552

0.320

0.651

0.202

0.355

0.708

28

−1.38 (0.36)

36.17 (3.62)

0.813

0.849

0.601

0.346

0.685

0.229

0.403

0.728

29

−1.30 (0.36)

36.98 (3.64)

0.826

0.865

0.649

0.373

0.716

0.257

0.453

0.747

30

−1.22 (0.37)

37.80 (3.66)

0.838

0.879

0.694

0.400

0.746

0.288

0.503

0.765

31

−1.14 (0.37)

38.64 (3.68)

0.850

0.892

0.736

0.428

0.773

0.321

0.553

0.782

32

−1.05 (0.37)

39.50 (3.71)

0.862

0.906

0.778

0.460

0.801

0.361

0.609

0.800

33

−0.96 (0.37)

40.39 (3.74)

0.873

0.917

0.815

0.493

0.827

0.402

0.661

0.817

34

−0.87 (0.38)

41.30 (3.78)

0.884

0.928

0.847

0.525

0.850

0.445

0.710

0.832

35

−0.78 (0.38)

42.25 (3.82)

0.893

0.937

0.875

0.558

0.870

0.488

0.755

0.847

36

−0.68 (0.39)

43.23 (3.87)

0.903

0.946

0.900

0.593

0.890

0.537

0.799

0.862

37

−0.57 (0.39)

44.26 (3.92)

0.913

0.955

0.923

0.631

0.908

0.590

0.840

0.877

38

−0.47 (0.40)

45.33 (3.99)

0.922

0.961

0.939

0.664

0.923

0.636

0.871

0.890

39

−0.35 (0.41)

46.48 (4.07)

0.931

0.968

0.954

0.701

0.938

0.688

0.901

0.903

40

−0.23 (0.42)

47.69 (4.16)

0.939

0.973

0.966

0.736

0.949

0.736

0.925

0.915

41

−0.10 (0.43)

48.99 (4.27)

0.946

0.978

0.975

0.771

0.960

0.782

0.945

0.927

42

0.04 (0.44)

50.38 (4.37)

0.953

0.983

0.983

0.805

0.969

0.825

0.961

0.937

43

0.19 (0.44)

51.89 (4.42)

0.960

0.986

0.988

0.837

0.976

0.863

0.973

0.947

44

0.36 (0.45)

53.61 (4.52)

0.967

0.990

0.992

0.868

0.983

0.898

0.982

0.957

45

0.56 (0.46)

55.58 (4.62)

0.973

0.993

0.995

0.897

0.988

0.929

0.989

0.966

46

0.80 (0.47)

58.03 (4.73)

0.979

0.995

0.997

0.925

0.992

0.954

0.994

0.974

47

1.15 (0.52)

61.47 (5.21)

0.986

0.997

0.999

0.954

0.996

0.976

0.998

0.983

48

1.62 (0.61)

66.22 (6.07)

0.991

0.999

1.000

0.976

0.998

0.990

0.999

0.990