Assessment of Knowledge Regarding IMNCI among Final Year Medical Students of Fatima Jinnah Medical University

Abstract

Objective: To assess the knowledge of final year MBBS students regarding IMNCI strategy at
Fatima Jinnah Medical University (FJMU), Lahore.
Methods: This was across sectional observational study. Two hundred and eighty fivefinal year
MBBS students of FJMU Lahore were recruited from September-October, 2016. Students were
assessed by pre-tested structured questionnaire comprising of general information and core
content about IMNCI. Student responses were marked as 0, 1 and 2. Individual student
assessment was based on score obtained by each. Data was entered and analyzed by using
SPSS-22.
Results: Overall mean score of the IMNCI core content was 1.09 ±0.61.Students complete
knowledge to identify the illness in infants up to2 months and child aged 2 months to 5yearswas
significant different regarding main symptoms (26% versus 50.5%) and danger signs (15.4%
versus 61.8%) with P value <0.0001.Students general knowledge about IMNCI was found to be
higher (92.5%) compared to detailed content (41.8%) .
Conclusions: Knowledge about age groups included in IMNCI and assessment of sick young
infants (0-2 months) to classify illness found to be less among medical students that need to be
improved further with supervised practices in order to improve under 5 mortality.