Introduction. An important aspect of the operation of a chronically ill person is his or her lifestyle. By changing the health behaviour can affect the course of the disease, including delaying its progression. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between the health behaviour and health status within a recorded group of patients with chronic kidney disease, treated by the Outpatients Department. Material. In total 36 people were tested, consisting of 27 women and 9 men who were being treated for chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the nephrology clinic. The average duration of treatment in the clinic was 7.17 years (SD = 5.85). The average age of the respondents was 46.67 years (SD = 14.70). Methods. We used the following research tools: 1) The structured interview was used to collect socio-demographic data; 2) Inventory of The Health Behaviour (IHB)(IZZ – Author, Juczyński; 3) Questionnaire of the General State of Health – GHQ-28, Author, D. Goldberg, Polish adaptation Makowska and Merecz. Results. The examined patients are characterised by the average severity of complaints about their health. They presented their average severity of their health behaviour. They mostly cared about preventive behaviour, declared in the systematic execution of examinations (n = 29; 80%). The respondents admit to smoking (n = 8; 22%). A half of the respondents (n = 18; 50%) declared that they occasionally drank alcohol. The majority of respondents (n = 26; 72%) tried to do some physical activity in spite of the disease. Conclusions. Most of the respondents revealed the average severity of their health behaviour. Patients require regular, purposeful health education, with periodic evaluation of their current health behaviour.

Key words: health behaviour, health status, chronic kidney disease, education.