TELETRABALHO E A REPERCUSSÃO NA SAÚDE FÍSICA E MENTAL DE TELETRABALHADORES: REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.559122530057

• Palavras-chave: Teletrabalho, Saúde Mental, Saúde do Trabalhador, COVID-19.

• Keywords: Telework, Mental Health, Workers' Health, COVID-19.

• Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has catalyzed a series of social, economic, and, notably, labor-related transformations. In an effort to contain the spread of the virus and mitigate public health risks, teleworking has emerged as a primary solution, enabling the continuity of operations in various sectors while simultaneously promoting social distancing. This is an integrative review study. The research corpus was compiled by searching for articles published online between June 10 and 19, 2025. Four databases were used: PUBMED, SCOPUS, EMBASE, and BVS. The descriptors used in the search were: "teleworking," "occupational health," "mental health," and "COVID-19" for the PUBMED, SCOPUS, and BVS databases. For the EMBASE database, the following descriptors were used: "work from home," "occupational health," "mental health," and "coronavirus disease 2019." Through similarity analysis using Iramuteq software, the strongest words identified were: "anxiety," "depression," "stress," "communication," "symptom," "no," "work," "telework," "have," "home," "mental," and "health." A total of 260 articles were identified, and after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the final sample consisted of 11 articles. Working remotely resulted in greater difficulties than working in an office, causing psychological harm, sleep disturbances, changes in habits, increased alcohol consumption, psychological distress, and reduced exercise. Being at home also increased the intake of other types of food and resulted in new risks for physical health problems. Working from home during the lockdown was beneficial because it reduced the risk of COVID-19 infection. However, workers were increasingly distracted by their children, compromising their work performance, and their routines changed, necessitating adapting their home environment to work. The transition to this work environment, while crucial for containing the virus, imposed significant psychological and physical costs, revealing a worrying increase in anxiety, depression, stress, sleep disorders, reduced exercise, changes in eating habits, and increased alcohol consumption.