Prevalence of frailty in elderly patients with renal diseases

Abstract

All participants were subjected to verbal consent for acceptance to participate in the study and completed a comprehensive geriatric assessment in the form of; history taking (complete medical history), cognitive functional assessment (Mini-mental status examination) (El-Okl et al., 2002). and screening for depression by Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) (Metwally, A. S., Abstract Background: Frai l ty, the s tate of increase vulnerabi l i ty to physical st ressors as a resul t of progressive and sustained degenerat ion in mul t iple physiological sys tems, is common in those wi t h chronic k idney disease wi th prevalence more than 60% in dialysis -dependent CKD pat ients.