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Open Journal of Nephrology, 2012, 2, 44-48 /10.4236/ojneph.2012.23008 Published Online September 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ojneph) Spouses Who Donate Seem to Be the Winners— A Questionnaire Study of Kidney Donors Long-Term 1,2 3 1,4 Annette Lennerling , Abdul Rashid Qureshi , Ingela Fehrman-Ekholm 1Transplant Institute, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden 2Institute of Health and Care Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden 3Baxter Novum, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 4Renal Department, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Email: annette.lennerling@vgregion.se Received August 8, 2012; revised September 10, 2012; accepted September 18, 2012 ABSTRACT Background: Living donor kidney transplantations have been performed at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Goth- enburg, Sweden since 1965. In this study we wanted to explore the living kidney donor’s long-term experiences of the donation. Methods: Of 1110 consecutive living donors throughout 1965-2005, 823 were available for our questionnaire study. Results: Totally 692 replied to the questionnaire, 65% were females. The most common relation to the recipients was siblings (284), parents (262) and spouses (96). Time since donation was median 15 years (2 - 43). The initiative to donate came from the donors themselves in 69%. The dominating motives for donation were a wish to help, worries about the recipient not receiving a transplant and the knowledge that one could live a normal life with one kidney. The majority of the donors, felt well informed about potential ris