Table 2.

Participants' descriptions of how they would use a web-based tool to support lifestyle changes.

Encouragement	Information	Prioritization
Contact with others in the same situation	Getting answers to diabetes related questions	Help setting goals
Contact with health care professionals	Access to reliable information about type 2 diabetes and diabetes self-management	Gaining understanding of the seriousness of type 2 diabetes in order to make healthy choices
Sharing experiences of diabetes with others	Tracking of one's own blood glucose values and blood pressure	Being reminded about one's important values
Receiving encouragement from others		Help to understand what one needs to change when it comes to lifestyle habits
		Support to notice associations between one's own habits and blood glucose values