【Abstract】Objective To investigate the status quo of quality of life and coping styles in elderly patients with multiple myeloma (MM) during maintenance treatment stage and analyze their correlation. Methods A total of 150 elderly MM patients admitted to our hospital from February 2018 to February 2023 were enrolled in this study. During induction/consolidation stage and maintenance treatment stage, their quality of life was investigated by European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire-core 30 V3.0 (EORTC QLQ-C30 V3.0), and their medical coping styles were surveyed with medical coping modes questionnaire (MCMQ). SPSS statistics 19.0 was used for data analysis, and Pearson correlation analysis was conducted to assess the correlation between quality of life and medical coping styles in elderly MM patients during maintenance treatment stage. Multivariate linear regression analysis was applied to identify the related factors affecting quality of life during the stage. Results The scores of physical function, role function, emotional function, cognitive function, social function and overall quality of life, and the score of financial difficulty dimension during maintenance treatment stage were higher than those during induction/consolidation treatment stage, but the scores of functional dimensions and overall quality of life of patients during maintenance treatment stage were lower, while the score of financial difficulty dimension was higher than the norm (P<0.05). The patients also had significantly higher scores of avoidance dimension and submission dimension, but lower score of facing dimension during induction/consolidation treatment stage and maintenance treatment stage when compared with the norm (P<0.05). Pearson correlation analysis indicated that the facing dimension (r=0.315; P<0.001) was positively correlated, while the submission dimension (r=-0.256; P<0.001) was negatively correlated with the overall quality of life in the elderly MM patients during maintenance treatment stage. Multivariate linear regression analysis revealed that facing dimension (β=0.311, P=0.019) had a positive predictive effect, while submission (β=-0.293, P=0.023), international staging system (ISS) stage (β=-0.298, P=0.032), self-paying treatment ratio (β=-0.216, P=0.038) and hemoglobin level (β=-0.243, P=0.046) had a negative predictive effect on the overall quality of life score in elderly MM patients during maintenance treatment stage, which together explained 42.9% of the variance of the overall quality of life score. Conclusion The quality of life in elderly MM patients during maintenance treatment stage is higher than that during induction/consolidation treatment stage, but still lower than the norm. Elderly MM patients during maintenance treatment stage tend to choose negative coping styles. It is suggested to improve the medical coping styles during maintenance treatment stage to promote the quality of life in elderly MM patients.