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Digital vaginal examination (DVE) is the commonly applied clinical assessment method used to discover the progress of labor and delivery. However, frequent DVE may not be free of risk for maternal and neonatal health, and pain during intrapartum care.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>An institution\u2010based descriptive cross\u2010sectional study was employed from May 3 to July 6, 2022. Study participants were selected by a serial sampling method. Data were entered into epi data version 7.2 and exported to SPSS v.25 for data analysis. Binary and multivariate logistic regression analyses were employed to assess associations between study variables. Statistical significance was declared at a <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> value less than 0.05.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 374 women responded to the interview, making a response rate of 98.4%. In all, 230 (61.5%) of the laboring mothers underwent five or more DVE. Being a primipara, being in latent phase at admission, having augmentation of labor, prolonged labor, being admitted with intact membranes, and vacuum delivery showed significant associations with frequent DVE.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Frequency of DVE among laboring mothers is relatively high in the study area. The frequent DVE were mainly caused by healthcare provider's interventions to shorten the time of labor. 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