【Abstract】Objective To investigate the quality of life and daily living ability in elderly patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) complicated with chronic heart failure (CHF) and analyze their correlation. Methods From January 2021 to January 2023,120 elderly patients with CHD and CHF admitted to Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University due to aggravation of heart failure were selected as the study subjects. At discharge and at three months and six months after discharge, the Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire (MLHFQ) and activity of daily living scale (ADL) were used to investigate the quality of life and the daily living ability. SPSS 22.0 was used for data analysis. Repeated measure analysis of variance, independent sample t test, Chi-square test, or rank sum test was used for inter-group comparison according to the data type. Multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors of quality of life and daily living ability of patients at six months after discharge. Pearson correlation analysis was used to assess the correlation between quality of life and daily living ability. Results Among the 120 patients, 91 completed the survey. Compared with at discharge, the scores on MLHFQ and ADL decreased at three and six months after discharge, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The scores on the two scales at six months after discharge were similar to those at three months after discharge, and the difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age≥80 years(OR=3.136, 95%CI 1.251-7.8645), female (OR=1.562, 95%CI 1.197-2.039), New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade Ⅲ-Ⅳ(OR=1.714, 95%CI 1.123-2.618), type of chronic diseases≥3 (OR=3.557, 95%CI 1.692-7.477) and re-hospitalization within half a year (OR=3.466, 95%CI 1.549-7.757) were the risk factors affecting the quality of life at 6 months after discharge in elderly patients with CHD complicated with CHF, and education level of middle school and above (OR=0.459, 95%CI 0.283-0.743) and regular exercise (OR=0.612, 95%CI 0.434-0.862) were protective factors. Age ≥ 80 years (OR=2.776,95%CI 1.120-6.879) and types of chronic diseases ≥3 (OR=3.582,95%CI 1.800-7.127) were risk factors and monthly income ≥ 3 000 yuan (OR=0.521,95%CI 0.343-0.791) and regular exercise (OR=0.527,95%CI 0.340-0.816) were protective factors of the daily living ability in the elderly CHD patients with CHF at six months after discharge. Pearson correlation analysis suggested that the scores of physical field, emotional field and other field and total score of MLHFQ scale were positively correlated with total score of daily living ability ADL scale in elderly CHD patients with CHF (r=0.295,0.346,0.367,0.342; P<0.05). Conclusion The quality of life and daily living ability in the elderly CHD patients with CHF at three months after discharge are significantly enhanced as compared with at discharge and then tend to be stable. There is a significant correlation between quality of life and daily living ability of patients at six months after discharge. Carrying out health education to urge patients to develop regular exercise habits and actively control the basic diseases has certain value on improving the quality of life and daily living ability of patients.