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References and sources

All figures and claims regarding treatment efficacy on this site have a source. They are collected here, with study design, population, and outcomes presented.

Guidelines

National care programme for the treatment of obesity in children and adolescents (2023-05-15). Efficacy data is retrieved from Table 5, Documented effect of various treatment interventions. The original document at 1177 Vårdpersonal.

Studies on Evira

One-year study in clinical practice

Studiedesign
Pragmatic clinical study with matched control group
Population
Children and adolescents 4–17 years in clinical obesity treatment
Antal deltagare
107 patients in the intervention group, 321 in the control group
Intervention
Evira as an add-on to combined lifestyle treatment
Kontrollgrupp
Standard treatment according to the national quality register BORIS
Uppföljningstid
12 months
Utfall
Mean change of −0.30 BMI SDS in the intervention group compared to −0.15 BMI SDS in the control group.

Hagman E, Johansson L, Kollin C, Marcus E, Drangel A, Marcus L, Marcus C, Danielsson P. International Journal of Obesity, 2022. doi: 10.1038/s41366-022-01146-8 Read the publication

Three-year follow-up of the same cohort

Studiedesign
Pragmatic clinical study, three-year follow-up
Population
Children and adolescents aged 4–17 years
Antal deltagare
428 patients in total (107 with Evira, 321 in standard treatment)
Intervention
Evira as an add-on to combined lifestyle treatment
Kontrollgrupp
Conventional standard treatment
Uppföljningstid
36 months
Utfall
The relative weight loss at one year was maintained for up to three years. A higher proportion reached below the obesity threshold, and a significantly lower proportion discontinued treatment. No patient received an eating disorder diagnosis during treatment or the subsequent year.

Hagman E, Lindberg L, Putri RR, Drangel A, Marcus C, Danielsson P. International Journal of Obesity, 2025. doi: 10.1038/s41366-025-01738-0 Read the publication

Feasibility study

Studiedesign
Randomised controlled feasibility study
Population
Children in obesity treatment at three clinics
Antal deltagare
Small study population, see publication
Intervention
Early version of Evira's platform as an add-on to ordinary treatment
Kontrollgrupp
Ordinary treatment
Uppföljningstid
6 months
Utfall
Treatment effect after six months compared to ordinary treatment, as well as high satisfaction among patients and healthcare professionals.

Johansson L, Hagman E, Danielsson P. BMC Pediatrics, 2020. doi: 10.1186/s12887-020-02338-9 Read the publication

The results are from different studies with different populations and study designs and should not be interpreted as a direct comparative study between treatment methods.