WCN25-3752 CORRELATION OF FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH CKD ON HEMODIALYSIS - A PILOT STUDY

educational background; however, most of the participants were farmers accounting for 40%.Although all participants had heard of kidney failure primarily through media resources, 99.8% of them both lacked knowledge about the risk factors and preventive measures.Risk factors of kidney failure such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cigarette smoking, chronic use of pain killers and use of herbal medications were seen in 4.7%, 0.7%, 30.1%, 5.6% and 0,6% of the participants, respectively.Conclusions: Even though the participants had risk factors for kidney disease, most of them lacked knowledge about the risk factors and preventive measures.Therefore, it is of paramount importance to create more awareness and enlighten people, especially in the rural areas, on kidney disease, risk factors and preventative measures.I have no potential conflict of interest to disclose.I did not use generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process.