The associated burden of caring with a spouse with dementia has been linked to a number of mental health problems, such as depression. The existing literature has explored differences in caregiver depression from the qualities of both the caregiver and the patient, but rarely on the qualities of the relationship. The present study examined whether differences in the emotional quality of interactions between caregivers and patients were associated with differences in depressive symptoms of caregivers.
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