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10:58 Apr 20, 2020
English to Romanian translations [PRO]
COVID-19 - Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-), Medical (general), Slang, Journalism
English term or phrase: worried well
Definition from Collins Dictionary:
(informal) People who are healthy but are concerned about becoming ill and so take medication or see a medical practitioner when they don't need to.

Example sentence(s):
  • The worried well demand lots of consultations and they may fill a significant proportion of emergency appointments. Practice Business
  • In a conversation this week with health care providers, they mentioned the problems they're having with what they call "the worried well" — those people who don't have a cough, fever or shortness of breath, but insist on being tested for the coronavirus, COVID-19. The Leaf Chronicle
  • With the global outbreak of novel H1N1 influenza (swine flu) entering its fourth week, physicians at emergency rooms, clinics, and hospitals around the United States say they are overwhelmed with "worried well" who have as much as doubled their patient loads. CIDRAP
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Summary of translations provided
5 +1ipohondri
Ligia Mihaiescu
4 +1Sănătosul îngrijorat
Claudia Coja


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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ipohondri


Definition from dexonline.ro:
Cf. dexonline.ro, ipohondru:

1-2 smf, a (Persoană) care este preocupată excesiv de starea sănătății sale. 3-4 smf, a (Persoană) care crede că suferă de o boală pe care nu o are în realitate.

adj. (Despre oameni) Care suferă de ipohondrie, care se preocupă peste măsură de starea sănătății sale, care își închipuie că are tot felul de boli și își exagerează suferințele. – Variantă: ipocóndru, -ă

Example sentence(s):
  • Persoanele ipohondre au o tulburare psihică, au impresia că suferă de boli grave şi nu cred nimic atunci când analizele sau medicii le demonstrează să de fapt nu sunt bolnave. - adevarul.ro  
  • Câteva semne că ai putea fi ipohondru © Autor: Vasiliu Alina Câteva semne că ai putea fi ipohondru Tulburarea de anxietate, cunoscută în termeni medicali ca hipocondria (ipohondria), face referire la îngrijorarea excesivă privind riscul de a fi sau a deveni bolnav. - romedic.ro  
  • Marturia unui ipohondru: Daca ma doare mana ma gandesc ca sunt in pragul unui atac de cord - hotnews.ro  
Ligia Mihaiescu
Romania
Local time: 21:31
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 36

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Yes  ION CAPATINA: De acord.
12 hrs
  -> Mulțumesc, Ion.
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30 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Sănătosul îngrijorat


Definition from Kaplan Manual de Psihiatrie Clinica:
Sănătosul îngrijorat (worried well). Persoane din grupuri la risc crescut care, deşi sunt seronegative şi nu sunt bolnave, sunt anxioase sau au o obsesie în legătură cu contractarea virusului.

Example sentence(s):
  • De regula, studiile de acest fel nu primesc raspuns tocmai de la paturile cele mai cu probleme de sanatate din populatie (saraci, needucati, varstnici). Cei care raspund cel mai bine interviurilor sunt«sanatosii ingrijorati» - SUPRAVEGHEREA STARII DE SANATATE  
  • "Sanatosii ingrijorati" supraincarca serviciile solicitand screening repetat. - Probleme ale screening-ului  
Claudia Coja
Local time: 20:31
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 319

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Yes  Simona Iacob
29 days
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