Abstract:Objective To investigate the effect of daily living ability (DLA) on quality of life (QOL) for the elderly in Guiyang. Methods Totally 1,898 individuals with age over 60 in Guiyang were involved in this study. DLA and QOL were recorded. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed for potential correlation. Results QOL score was (560.47 ± 136.27), and main influencing factors included age, chronic diseases, physical exercise, educational background and gender. After balancing in age, chronic disease, physical exercise, education background, and gender, PADL affected overall quality of life including physical function (PF), role physical (RP), social function (SF), role emotional (RE) and MH (P < 0.05). IADL impacted on the overall quality of life including physical function (PF), body pain (BP), general health (GH), VT and social function (SF) (P < 0.05). Conclusions QOL of elderly in Guiyang is generally poor; different activities of DLA have different effects on quality of life.