Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing epidemic worldwide. Approximately 1 in 7 or 3 million Australians have clinical signs of CKD. An increasing amount of evidence is emerging demonstrating that early identification and management of CKD can slow the progression of CKD and improve morbidity and mortality outcomes. Despite this evidence:
1. CKD remains largely undiagnosed.
2. The number of prevalent patients progressing to End Stage Renal Failure (ESRF) continues to increase from 96 per million of population in 2002 to 115 per million of population in 2006 in Australia.

Due to CKD being largely asymptomatic through stages 1-4 identifying appropriate people to manage and slow progression of CKD is challenging.

During the course of this conference I will perform kidney health checks on consenting conference delegates providing a snap shot of CKD prevalence and risk factors amongst this group.

I will present findings from this survey to:
1. Highlight CKD prevalence within this population and compliment previous studies in CKD prevalence.
2. Increase awareness of CKD amongst kidney health professionals
3. Demonstrate nursing research in action.

Following the conference results from the survey will be written up for publication.