The outbreak of COVID-19 among humans in Brazil and its spread around the world is strongly impacting mental health.
Health problems such as anxiety, depression, insomnia and fear were the most related. High levels of stress during the
day can impair quality and time of sleep. The purpose of this article was to update, through a bibliographic search, the
effects of the pandemic on sleep disorders, with insomnia being the most related. A systematic search had been carried out
in the main databases: Lilacs, Bireme and PubMed. The languages used in the search were Portuguese and English, from
articles published this year. Using the following keywords: Sleep quality, COVID-19, Insomnia, Cognitive behavioral
therapy. The concern about financial and political uncertainties, feelings of impotence and fear of self-contamination
and of family members are factors that corroborate with the worsening of the sleep quality of the population and health
professionals’ working on the front lines of the fight against the pandemic, leading to increased cases of insomnia.
Behavioral Cognitive Therapy, hypnotherapy and social interaction mediated by Web conferencing tools are the best
ways to treat these symptoms at the moment. Even so, the brazilian literature on the subject is extremely scarce, making
it an extremely relevant subject for future research.
