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Objectives: This study was to identify the mediating effects of health behavior on the relationship between depression and quality of life among rural solitary elder. Methods: The data were collected from 201 rural solitary elder and Main variables included depression, quality of life, health behavior. The data were analyzed by using Descriptives Analysis, t-test, ANOVA, scheffe Post-hoc Analysis, corrlation analysis, structural equation model. Results: The research findings were as follows: First, The majority (42.2%) of rurul solitary elder were identified as depression and 9.0% were classified as high-risk depression. A difference in depression was found in relation to participants’ level of education, receipt, while a difference in quality of life was found to relate to participant’s age and their education, receipt. Second, The more depressed, the lower the quality of life, so depression had on significant relationship to quality of life of rural solitary elder. Third, health behavior worked as partial mediators between depression and quality of life among rural solitary elder. Conclusion: The implications and limitations of these findings were discussed and directions for future studies were also proposed.