This study aimed to translate Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) into Malay language, and test its
response process (face validity) and internal structure (factor structure and internal consistency). To
the author’s knowledge, OLBI is not yet validated in Malay language, thus this study aimed to produce
a validated Malay version of OLBI (OLBI-M) in order to measure burnout among the healthcare
learner population in Malaysia. OLBI has great potentials mainly due to its accessibility and free of
any cost to use it, thus might promote more researchers to conduct burnout research in Malaysia. The
forward-backward translation was performed as per standard guideline. The OLBI-M was distributed
to 32 medical students to assess face validity and later to 452 medical students to assess construct
validity. Data analysis was performed by Microsoft Excel, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
(SPSS), and Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS). The face validity index of OLBI-M was more
than 0.70. The two factors of CBI-M achieved good level of goodness of fit indices (Cmin/df = 3.585,
RMSEA = 0.076, GFI = 0.958, CFI = 0.934, NFI = 0.912, TLI = 0.905) after removal of several
items. The composite reliability values of the two factors ranged from 0.71 to 0.73. The Cronbach’s
alpha values of the three factors ranged from 0.70 to 0.74. This study shows OLBI-M is a reliable
and valid tool to measure burnout in medical students. Future burnout studies in Malaysia are highly
recommended to utilise OLBI-M. However, it is crucial for further validity to be carried out to verify
the credential of OLBI-M.