The authors studied the situation on injuries of 114 elderly with Parkinson syndrome/disease and 249 control cases in 14 wards of 7 districst of Ha Noi. Results show that: The proportion of injury among the elderly with Parkinson syndrome/disease in the last year was higher than among the control group (28.9 percent and 13.3 percent, respectively), with p 0.001. Causes for injuries by fall was higher in case group than in control group (78.1 percent and 63.6 percent, respectively), with p 0.05. The proportion of fall when self-moving was higher in case group than in control group (62.5 percent and 57.6 percent), with p 0.05. The proportion of the elderly with fall frequency of more than once per day was higher among those with Parkinson syndrome/disease than the control group (18.8 percent and 6.1 percent, respectively), yet p0.05. The proportion of injuries in arms and legs were higher in case group than in control group (65.6 percent and 24.3 percent, respectively) with p0.05. The proportion of borne fracture caused by injuries was higher in case group than the control group (12.5 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively) yet p0.05.
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