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Background: Patients with stroke need complete care due to physical and mental problems and prevention of exacerbation of symptoms. The quality of life of caregivers of these patients is affected by full-time care. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the adult carers quality of life questionnaire (AC-QoL) on stroke caregivers.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the original scale was translated as forward-backward method. Face and content validity were performed qualitatively. In construct validity, 358 caregivers with a mean age of 36.32 ± 8.42 years were included in the study. Exploratory factor analysis was performed by maximum likelihood method and Promax rotation. Internal consistency was assessed with Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald omega coefficients.Results: In exploratory factor analysis, 7 factors were extracted of caring choice, sense of value, personal growth, support of caring, ability to care, money matter and carer satisfaction extracted, which together explained 41.04% of the total variance. The alpha coefficient of all items was 0.899. Cronbach alpha and McDonald omega coefficients for all dimensions of the questionnaire were above 0.7.Conclusions: The Persian version of the AC-QoL is valid for caregivers of patients with stroke and can be used in future studies.