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For seven of the couples, the caregiver was a woman. The mean age was 57.4 (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SD<\/jats:styled-content> = 4.2) for the caregivers and 57.3 (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SD<\/jats:styled-content> = 4.1) for the persons with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AD<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The semi\u2010structured interviews were conducted in the couples' homes. Each interview was conducted with both spouses to capture their interactions in the context of individual and shared experiences.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Two higher\u2010order themes emerged from the analyses: the \u2018need to know\u2019 and, after the diagnosis, the \u2018need not to know more\u2019. Indeed, the first signs mark the beginning of a period of doubt and a search for understanding. This pursuit of knowledge progresses to the recognition of more intense and severe signs that encourage couples to seek medical attention. Both reassuring and destabilising, the diagnosis is a breaking point that modifies how the changes and painful effects associated with disease are experienced. Couples employ strategies to minimise their suffering and consequently their knowledge about the disease.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>These results show that the couples oscillate between the need to know and the fear of knowing. To protect themselves, they use strategies to reduce their suffering and to distance the disease. 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