Table 1

Items of the “need for recovery scale”

The answer “yes” signals unfavourable situations, except for item 4, where “no” signals an unfavourable situation.
This translation of the original Dutch scale⁹ into UK English (as for the other scales of the VBBA) was done by J Lisle and G Pender-Takke in collaboration with the first author. Please note that the translation presented here differs slightly from the version published by Sluiter et al,²² De Croon et al,³¹ and Jansen et al,¹⁶ although their version is also based on the same original.
1.	I find it difficult to relax at the end of a working day.
2.	By the end of the working day, I feel really worn out.
3.	Because of my job, at the end of the working day I feel rather exhausted.
4.	After the evening meal, I generally feel in good shape.
5.	In general, I only start to feel relaxed on the second non-working day.
6.	I find it difficult to concentrate in my free time after work.
7.	I cannot really show any interest in other people when I have just come home myself.
8.	Generally, I need more than an hour before I feel completely recuperated after work.
9.	When I get home from work, I need to be left in peace for a while.
10.	Often, after a day’s work I feel so tired that I cannot get involved in other activities.
11.	A feeling of tiredness prevents me from doing my work as well as I normally would during the last part of the working day.