Table 5. Statistically significant findings according to geographical area of OP professional activity.

Have you ever participated in training courses on disability and work?		Northern Italy		Middle Italy		Southern Italy		Islands		p value
		N.	%	N.	%	N.	%	N.	%
	Yes	66	71.7	42	56.0	41	47.1	50	50.5	<0.001
	No	26	28.3	33	44.0	46	52.9	49	49.5
According to your opinion, a specialist training in disability and work for the OPs is…
	Absolutely necessary	35	37.6	15	19.7	32	36.4	46	44.7	0.012
	Necessary	38	40.9	40	52.6	31	35.2	41	39.8
	Useful	20	21.5	21	27.6	25	28.4	16	15.5
	Indifferent	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Please indicate the degree of your training/updating needs for each of the following aspects related to disability and work
Forensics medicine and legislative framework
	High	49	57.6	18	25.4	40	47.6	54	54.0	<0.001
	Medium	30	35.3	28	39.4	34	40.5	33	33.0
	Low	3	3.5	13	18.3	9	10.7	9	9.0
	Not necessary	3	3.5	12	16.9	1	1.2	4	4.0
Emergency management
	High	11	12.9	7	10.1	22	26.8	19	19.4	<0.001
	Medium	46	54.1	24	34.8	29	35.4	49	50.0
	Low	25	29.4	19	27.5	23	28.0	24	24.5
	Not necessary	3	3.5	19	27.5	8	9.8	6	6.1
Counselling to employers
	High	18	20.2	14	19.7	25	30.1	31	31.3	<0.001
	Medium	53	59.6	23	32.4	37	44.6	48	48.5
	Low	15	16.9	7	9.9	15	18.1	16	16.2
	Not necessary	3	3.4	24	33.8	5	6.0	3	3.0
Counselling to employees
	High	21	23.6	14	20.0	24	28.9	40	40.0	<0.001
	Medium	51	57.3	24	34.3	39	47.0	40	40.0
	Low	13	14.6	6	8.6	12	14.5	17	17.0
	Not necessary	3	3.4	26	37.1	7	8.4	2	2.0