Table 3.

Multiple Linear Regression Analysis for the Duration of the Examination Based on Women’s Perceptions, the Feeling of Comfort With the Examiner, and Number of Examiners and Score of Perceptions of the Vaginal Examination (VE) in the Women (n = 200).^a

Variable	B	Beta	CI	P b
Duration of the examination based on women’s perceptions
Short (baseline)	Reference category
Normal	−1.03	−0.08	−0.12 to 0.2	.3
Long	−3.84	−0.174	−0.025 to −0.34	.02
Feeling of comfort with the examiner
No	Reference category
Yes	2.73	0.191	0.11 to 0.32	.006
No. of examiners	−0.81	−0.15	−0.021 to −0.3	.031

^aAdjusted R² = 0.08.

^bValues in boldface indicate statistical significance (P < .05).