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The Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) and Functional Assessment Staging Test (FAST), The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscore (ADAS-Cog) were recorded. The neuropsychiatric symptoms were evaluated by the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) and The Behavioral Pathology in Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Rating Scale (BEHAVE-AD). Patients\u2019 Instrumental Assessment of Daily Living (IADL) scores were recorded to assess functional capacity.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nResults<\/jats:title>\nThis study analyzed 871 patients with cognitive impairment, 69.8% of whom were having functional impairment. Alzheimer\u2019s disease was the most common type of dementia (64.6%), with memory problems as the key symptom (65.6%). Neuropsychiatric symptoms such as hallucinations, delusion, and eating disturbances were significantly associated with disability (p\u2009<\u20090.001), while depression and anxiety were not. CDR scale was the strongest predictor of disability (OR: 4.9, AUC\u2009=\u20090.740), outperforming other dementia staging scales. Cognitive and behavioral scales like MMSE and NPI showed stronger correlations with functional impairment than with the dementia staging scales (-0.132\u2009<\u2009rs<\/jats:sub>\u2009<\u20090.472, p\u2009<\u20090.001 and -0.284\u2009<\u2009rs<\/jats:sub>\u2009<\u2009-0.357, p\u2009<\u20090.001, respectively).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nConclusion<\/jats:title>\nOur study demonstrated that both cognitive status and behavioral symptoms are critical in determining the level of functional impairment in cognitive impairments, but their contributions differ in magnitude and focus. 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