Table 1.

Process to move from quotes to cluster to theme.

Exemplary quotes	Cluster	Theme
“Having a skin infection keeps me from showing off too much of my skin.” “If my skin infection was gone, I’d feel beautiful…” “Having a skin infection makes me feel old.”	MRSAa keeps me from feeling attractive and healthy	Improved self-perception
“Having a skin infection keeps my child from being their own self.” “If I didn’t have a skin infection, I could wear what I want.”	MRSA keeps the patient from being his or her self	Improved self-perception
“Older kids may not want to join sports things because of the worry. It would give them the freedom to say, ‘Hey, I want to go out for this sports team and I’m not going to be scared that I’ll have an outbreak and I’m not going to be able to play or people will think I’m weird because of this infection.’” “Having a skin infection keeps my child from feeling like the rest [of the girls at ballet] – having to wear [long sleeved leotards to cover her infection when the rest of the girls wear short sleeves].”	MRSA makes my child feel out of place	Improved self-perception

^aMRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.