Socio-sanitary profile and information for living kidney donors and recipients in three Andalusian hospitals.

Background: Information provided by health professionals to potential donors and recipients is essential for an autonomous and objective decision to make a living kidney donation.

Objectives: To determine the characteristics of the information received by living kidney donors and recipients, to find out their socio-sanitary profile, their socio-demographics, financial and labour characteristics, health and the caregiving activity of these donors and recipients.

Methods: Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study of the population of living kidney donors and recipients from the University Hospitals Puerta del Mar (Cádiz), Virgen del Rocío (Seville), and the University Hospital Complex of Granada, between 08/04/2014 and 08/06/2015.