Background: The process of deinstitutionalization of individuals with mental disorders (MD) brought greater family responsibility in terms of patient care.
Aims: Evaluate the Quality of Life (QoL) and its associated factors of primary caregivers of bipolar and schizophrenic subjects.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from 2012 to 2015 with 125 caregivers at an outpatient service of a teaching hospital in the South of Brazil.