The Well-Being Index is an online self-assessment tool invented by Mayo Clinic that measures 6 dimensions of distress and well-being in just 9 questions.
Our mission is to equip individuals and organizations worldwide with the most advanced data, support, and tools needed to foster a workplace culture of wellness.
Over ten years ago, Mayo Clinic leadership set out to better support the well-being of their providers. The first step in this process was getting an accurate measurement of staff wellness. The commonly-used surveys, however, were too long, too cumbersome, and didn’t provide the functionality needed to adequately measure and support their clinicians’ well-being.
The few existing assessments were one-time surveys, contained dozens or even hundreds of questions, lacked anonymity, didn’t provide participant resources, lacked comprehensive reporting for administrators, or focused only on burnout (just one dimension of distress and well-being). To solve these problems, Mayo Clinic researchers invented and validated the Well-Being Index to:
Since then, the Well-Being Index has been launched at over 800 organizations around the world and is used every day to help leaders support their staff and Go Beyond Burnout.
After years of development, a rigorous multi-step validation process, and multiple phases of peer review, the Well-Being Index was born. Explore the original research studies for each of the eight Well-Being Index versions and see how wellness experts at Mayo Clinic developed and validated the tool.
The Well-Being Index team is made up of thought leaders and wellness experts dedicated to equipping individuals and organizations worldwide with the most advanced data, support, and tools needed to foster a workplace culture of wellness.
We are a group of doctors and researchers, healthcare associates and wellness consultants, technology experts, communications professionals, and content creators who are passionate about giving leaders the resources they need to support their staff and Go Beyond Burnout.