Structured PREreview of The physical and mental health benefits of touch interventions: A comparative systematic review and multivariate meta-analysis

Does the introduction explain the objective of the research presented in the preprint?

Partly

Are the methods well-suited for this research?

Highly appropriate

Are the conclusions supported by the data?

Somewhat supported

Are the data presentations, including visualizations, well-suited to represent the data?

Neither appropriate and clear nor inappropriate and unclear

How clearly do the authors discuss, explain, and interpret their findings and potential next steps for the research?

Neither clearly nor unclearly

Is the preprint likely to advance academic knowledge?

Moderately likely

Would it benefit from language editing?

No

Would you recommend this preprint to others?

Yes, but it needs to be improved

Is it ready for attention from an editor, publisher or broader audience?

Yes, after minor changes

Competing interests

The author declares that they have no competing interests.