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An online questionnaire was e-mailed to 170 patients having previously been registered to online CBT-I via Betri Svefn‘s web treatment. The questionnaire included questions pertaining to gender, age, education, marital status, children in care, occupational status, employment ratio, work hours, total income, psychiatric diagnoses, physical diagnoses and medication use. 61 participants responded, resulting in a response rate of 35.88%. No relationship was found between demographic or clinical factors and progression of treatment. Implications are discussed but further research into these factors, especially with a greater sample size and a more direct assessment, could improve our understanding of treatment adherence for online CBT-I and yield valuable insight into the specific mechanisms at stake. 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The questionnaire included questions pertaining to gender, age, education, marital status, children in care, occupational status, employment ratio, work hours, total income, psychiatric diagnoses, physical diagnoses and medication use. 61 participants responded, resulting in a response rate of 35.88%. No relationship was found between demographic or clinical factors and progression of treatment. Implications are discussed but further research into these factors, especially with a greater sample size and a more direct assessment, could improve our understanding of treatment adherence for online CBT-I and yield valuable insight into the specific mechanisms at stake. 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