as a group, so they already take advantage of social aspects to good
health. A total of 3 participants were recruited from this clinic. The
small number reflects the limited number of patients that take part
in the medical group visits, and it means that we could not have a
control group for this clinic. The participants were recruited
through direct email contact from the clinic.
The non-clinical group of participants was a close-knit group of
colleagues at a small software gaming company in Vancouver,
Canada. A total of 10 participants were recruited by directly asking
the employees of the company. The company has a total of 35 employees. A control group would have been ideal for the nonclinical group to ensure that any changes that were found were not due to being involved in an experiment; however, we were
not able to recruit enough participants due to the small number
of employees in the company.