Stress Calculator

Five answers -- your stress level, burnout risk, sleep quality, exercise frequency and social support -- are each converted to a point value and multiplied by a weight (stress x10, burnout x8, sleep x6, exercise x5, social support x5). Those weighted scores sum to a raw total between 34 (best possible answers) and 120 (worst), which is then rescaled to a 0-100 score. An all-moderate profile, for example, scores 40 out of 100.

No, and it isn't meant to be. This is a five-question self-report screen, not a validated psychometric instrument. The real validated equivalents are the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory, both cited in the sources -- use those, or a clinician's assessment, if you need a clinically meaningful result.

They're this calculator's own banding of its rescaled score, not a percentile against a clinical instrument: 0-24 is Low Stress, 25-44 Moderate, 45-69 High, and 70-100 Severe. The higher bands come with a suggestion to consider professional support, but the bands themselves describe this quiz's point scale, not a diagnosis.

They're related but distinct: stress is usually a response to a specific pressure and can ease once that pressure lifts, while burnout is more about longer-term emotional exhaustion where even rest stops feeling restorative. Asking both, along with sleep, exercise and social support, gives a broader picture than a single stress question would -- though it's still a self-report snapshot, not a diagnosis of either.

The recommendation to seek professional support is a guideline, not a threshold to wait for -- if stress feels unmanageable now, that's reason enough regardless of the number. If you're in the US and having thoughts of self-harm, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available immediately; outside the US, look up your local crisis line rather than relying on a US-specific number.