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Three-Year Trajectories of Functional Change, Cognitive Symptoms and Frailty Among Older Chinese-Speaking Adults in Australia

By Hui-Chen (Rita) Chang, Fung Kuen Koo, Jiayi (Winnie) Huang, Wenpeng You

Preprint: cohort study of 114 peoplePopulations

3 years

Abstract

Purpose This study examined three-year changes in functional change, cognitive symptoms, frailty and depressive symptoms among older Chinese-speaking adults in Australia. Method A longitudinal cohort of 114 participants was followed across 2023, 2024 and 2025.

The paper

Hui-Chen (Rita) Chang, Fung Kuen Koo, Jiayi (Winnie) Huang, Wenpeng You

Western Sydney University

Research Square, 12 Aug 2026, CC BY, Preprint, not peer-reviewed

doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-10582999/v1

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