Table 1.

Qualitative Codes

Themes	Codes	Frequency	Distribution
Theme 1: Caregiving facilitators
	Subthemes 1.1 External Support
	Positive support from medical team	74	12
	Access to/support from family	19	10
	Subtheme 1.2 Sense of Normalcy
	Connection to outside world	23	10
	Maintaining normalcy	21	8
	Bringing items from home	18	8
	Subtheme 1.3 Patient Wellness
	Optimal patient health status	53	12
	Minimal side effect burden	25	9
	Subtheme 1.4 Coping Activities
	Physical exercise	27	10
	Organization strategies and routines	26	9
	Relaxing activities	21	8
Theme 2: Caregiving challenges
	Subtheme 2.1 Difficulties with transplant care instructions
	tensions regarding caregiver-established rules	16	9
	Subtheme 2.2 Managing patient’s physical and emotional health
	Patient symptoms/health status	31	11
	Managing patient’s psychological functioning	21	8
	Subtheme 2.3 Caregiver psychological distress
	Caregiver psychological distress	58	11
Theme 3: Roles in Recovery
	Subtheme 3.1 Nursing responsibilities
	Nursing responsibilities	37	10
	Subtheme 3.2 Cleaning tasks
	Cleaning/hygiene responsibilities	19	8
	Subtheme 3.3 Dietary responsibilities
	Dietary responsibilities	24	8
Theme 4: Assessment of the homebound experience
	Subtheme 4.1 Homebound preferred over hospital setting
	Perceptions of home environment: positive elements	41	12
	Overall assessment of homebound program: positive elements	39	12
	Overall assessment of homebound program: comparison of homebound to hospital experience	31	12
	Subtheme 4.2 Positive outcomes
	Overall assessment of homebound program: positive outcomes	15	8
	Subtheme 4.3 Suggestions for improvement
	Suggestions for improvement: logistics	21	9