Mental disorders and related factors in higher education professors working remotely: a correlational study.

Introduction: Recent changes in labor relations and the employment market in university education have posed significant challenges and increased workloads for faculty a situation that has been exacerbated by the global epidemiological status in 2020.

Objectives: To investigate the presence of mental disorders and associated factors in faculty members at a private university in São Paulo, Brazil.

Methods: This is a quantitative, descriptive, exploratory cross-sectional study conducted in June 2021, using online questionnaires to collect social and demographic and lifestyle data, namely, Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).