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The standardization supported hypothetical cut scores indicating the severity of depressive symptoms, categorized as very low (0 to 6), low (7 to 13), moderate (14 to 19), high (20 to 23), and very high (\u2265 24). We found that sex\/gender, skin color\/ethnicity, age, education level, and year of the pandemic were predictors of depressive symptoms in the adjusted linear regression analysis. The logistic regression showed variables with higher chances for a positive screening diagnosis of depression, with adjusted Odds Ratio as follows: years 2021 (OR<jats:sub>adj<\/jats:sub>\u202f=\u202f1.275) and 2023 (OR<jats:sub>adj<\/jats:sub>\u202f=\u202f1.409), women (OR<jats:sub>adj<\/jats:sub>\u202f=\u202f1.900), <jats:italic>Pardos<\/jats:italic> individuals (OR<jats:sub>adj<\/jats:sub>\u202f=\u202f1.252), education up to high school (OR<jats:sub>adj<\/jats:sub>\u202f=\u202f1.272), being a northeast region resident (OR<jats:sub>adj<\/jats:sub>\u202f=\u202f2.127), and younger people (OR<jats:sub>adj<\/jats:sub>\u202f=\u202f1.716). The findings of this study indicate the suitability of the PHQ-9 for assessing depression in the population and recommend its use for monitoring depressive symptoms in the coming years in Brazil. 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