Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze factors influencing diabetic retinal examination in community-dwelling older adults with diabetes, in order to provide basic data to improve screening rates of diabetic retinal examination. Methods: This study used raw data from the National Community Health Survey, 2020, which is a cross-sectional survey. The subjects of this study are 16,031 old adults aged over 65 years who had been diagnosed with diabetes. The demographic characteristics, diabetes and diseaserelated characteristics, social distancing and fear of COVID-19 according to the diabetic retinal examination were analyzed with chi-square test. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine the factors influencing diabetic retinal examination. Results: We identified that diabetic retinal examination was associated with age, residence, level of education, income, type of diabetes care, period of diabetes, and fear of COVID-19. Conclusion: Health care workers in the community should strongly recommend yearly diabetic retinal examination for diabetic patients who older adults, have lower levels of education and income. A multiple approach is required to raise the low screening rate of diabetic retinal examination, including lower the cost burden.