Frailty, Cognitive Function and Health-related Quality of Life in Older Adults With Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease.

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patients younger than 65 years old.
• •Chronic kidney disease stages 1,2, and 3.
• •Dialysis dependence
• •History of kidney transplantation.
• •Initial visit with the health care provider.
• •Recent acute kidney injury.
• •Patients who had been hospitalized for more than 2 months before the visit (because long hospitalization might affect the degree of frailty)
• •Patients with myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular accident 3 months before the assessment
• •Patients who are blind or with limb amputation.
• •Patients who refuse to participate.