title: Perceiving need for lifestyle counseling: findings from Finnish individuals at high risk of type 2 diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the proportion of individuals at high risk of type 2 diabetes who perceive the need for lifestyle counseling, factors associated with this perception, and whether the perceived need is associated with subsequent attendance in lifestyle intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  Baseline and intervention data were obtained from 10,149 participants in a Finnish National Diabetes Prevention Project.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total, 36% of men and 52% of women perceived the need for counseling. Most of the risk factors did not increase the perceived need for counseling. Those agreeing to attend supervised lifestyle intervention were more likely to report a perceived need than those who agreed on a self-initiated lifestyle change or those who refused to attend lifestyle intervention. The perceived need was associated with actual attendance in the lifestyle intervention only among women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It will be vital to find additional means to support lifestyle change.
authors.affiliation: Research Centre for Health Promotion, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland. sanna.m.salmela@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sanna M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Salmela
authors.forename: Kati A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Vähäsarja
authors.forename: Jari J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Villberg
authors.forename: Mauno J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Vanhala
authors.forename: Timo E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Saaristo
authors.forename: Jaana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lindström
authors.forename: Heikki H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Oksa
authors.forename: Eeva A-L
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Korpi-Hyövälti
authors.forename: Leena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moilanen
authors.forename: Sirkka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi
authors.forename: Marita E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Poskiparta
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology; D044465:White People