Introduction: The number and proportion of people aged 60 years and older in the population is increasing. In 2019, the number of people aged 60 years and older was 1 billion. This number will increase to 1.4 billion by 2030 and 2.1 billion by 2050. Joint diseases affect millions of people throughout the world, causing pain and disability with great impact on individuals and on society as a whole. Cold therapy may be particularly effective while managing pain with swelling, especially around a joint or tendon. Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease affecting mostly the articular cartilage. According to estimates, symptomatic osteoarthritis affects 9.6% of men and 18.0% of women over the age of 60 worldwide. It has an impact on daily physical activity such as stair climbing and squatting. The most common symptom is pain. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of cold application on intensity of knee joint pain among elderly persons residing in selected areas. Hypothesis: Will be tested at 0.05 level of significance. H0: There will be no significant difference between intensity of knee joint pain among elderly persons in experimental group and control group.H1: There will be significant difference in intensity of knee joint pain among elderly persons in experimental group and control group. Methodology: a quantitative approach was used with quasi experimental non randomised control group design in selected areas. 60 sample were drawn by nonprobability purposive sampling technique. Tool was considering semi structured questionnaire and numerical pain rating scale. Result: Experimental group the pretest mean was 5.63 and standard deviation was 1.69 posttest mean was 0.56 and standard deviation 0.72. In control group the pretest mean was 4.96 and standard deviation was 1.32 and posttest mean was 4.50 and standard deviation 1.43. Posttest mean difference of experimental group and control group was 3.93 ± 0.29. The tabulated value was 2.00 and the calculated t value i.e. 13.40 which is much higher than the tabulated value at 5% level of significancethus the H1 is accepted. Conclusion: Cold application on knee joint pain among elderly persons was effective. cold application was effective to reduce intensity of pain.

Cold Application, Knee Joint Pain, Elderly Person