Need for Recovery Scale.
NFR
- What it measures
- Need for recovery after work - short-term fatigue/strain reflecting the effort spent at work (a precursor of chronic fatigue/burnout). Captures fatigue immediately after work, in the evening, and its social consequences.
- Length and format
- 11 (subscale of the VBBA). Yes/No (dichotomous); also 4-pt Likert versions (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- NL original + UK English; further adaptations (e.g. BR Portuguese, others)
- Normative data
- Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Van Veldhoven, M., & Broersen, S. (2003). Measurement quality and validity of the 'need for recovery scale'. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 60(Suppl 1), i3-i9.
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