Therapists' time allocation in guided digital mental health interventions - A scoping review and case study.

Sustainable Development Goal number 3 (SDG 3) aspires to ensure healthy lives and promoting the well‐being of all at all ages. One of the biggest challenges to SDG 3 is the increasing morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), the leading cause of death worldwide [, ]. Most (38%) of premature deaths (17.9 million) in 2019 were caused by CVDs []. In 2021, 20.5 million people died of CVDs, and it is estimated that 80% of these deaths occurred in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), at a young age [, ]. This is because LMICs have weak health systems and resource constraints [, , ]. The control of high blood pressure (BP) can contribute to reducing CVD morbidity and mortality, worldwide. Between 1990 and 2019, there was a 41% increase in people with high BP in Europe and the Americas, whereas South‐East Asia and the Western Pacific region experienced a 144% increase []. In sub‐Saharan Africa, the increase was 48% and 34% in women and men, respectively []. High BP is the springboard of CVD morbidity and mortality as already stated []. Over one billion (1.13–1.39 billion) people worldwide have high BP despite the availability of preventive and curative interventions [, ]. The prevalence of high BP is highest in LMICs [], and sub‐Saharan Africa carries the highest burden [].